A teacher who made explicit sexual comments to a female pupil at a Huddersfield school has been thrown out of the profession.
Andrew Green, 59, was teaching at Shelley College in Huddersfield when he also asked the girl if she had “fantasies she wanted to share”.
He also made very explicit sexual suggestions to the girl.
A disciplinary panel hearing was told maths teacher Mr Green, who has since retired, had previously been given a written warning for his behaviour towards female students.
He was not at the Teaching and Leadership Professional Panel hearing and offered no defence.
The panel was told Mr Green had inappropriately touched the girl more than once.
It heard the day following his sexually explicit questioning of the pupil the teacher sent her an email saying: “Sorry about yesterday, I don’t know what came over me. I’ll buy you a present tomorrow to say SORRY!!!
“And we can concentrate on the maths rather than my stories.”
In a written warning letter sent to Mr Green in 2003, the school said: “At no time are you to have one to one conversations with female students in school, in any area that would be considered private, such as classrooms with doors closed.”
The latest allegations were ruled proven and the panel recommended an immediate ban from teaching.
A spokesman for the Department for Education said: “There was no evidence to suggest that Mr Green was acting under duress, and in fact the panel found the teacher’s actions to be deliberate and motivated.
“Accordingly they [the panel] recommend that the order should be without the opportunity for Mr Green to apply to have it set aside. I agree with their recommendation.
“This means that Mr Andrew Green is prohibited from teaching indefinitely and cannot teach in any school, sixth form college, relevant youth accommodation or children’s home in England.”
Shelley College principal John McNally said if Mr Green hadn't retired he would have been dismissed.
Mr McNally released a statement about the incident.
He said: “Shelley College supports the decision made by the National College to bar Andrew Green from teaching for life, following inappropriate behaviour towards one of our sixth form students.
"We treat any such behaviour towards our students with the utmost seriousness and are determined to do all we can we can to provide a safe and secure environment for all our young people.
“The allegations were made in July 2014 and Mr Green was suspended from his duties immediately, to allow a thorough investigation to take place. The school worked closely with the local authority’s designated safeguarding officer throughout the process.
"Although Mr Green retired in August 2014 as he had planned, we took the decision to hold a formal disciplinary meeting when the investigation was complete.
"The Principal decided that Mr Green would have been dismissed for his actions and that it was appropriate to inform the vetting and barring panel of the school’s findings.
“Our priority throughout the process was to protect the young person who came forward and to investigate fully and fairly.
"We are satisfied that the evidence we collected made the case against Mr Green a strong one and that he will no longer be able to work in schools again.
"The only comfort we take from this case is that the young lady concerned was confident enough to approach a member of staff almost immediately after the incident had happened and received the best support we could possibly give her”.
