A TEACHER who engaged in sexual activity with a child on three occasions has been banned from classrooms for life.
Oliver Glass, formerly of Causeway Head Road, Sheffield, was the ex-head of Mathematics at a Reading school.
He resigned from the school in June 2019, three months before a child alleged that they had engaged in sexual activity with Glass.
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On the same date, Glass was arrested by Thames Valley Police. He was charged and in October 2020 he pleaded guilty to three counts of inciting sexual activity with a child.
He was sentenced to 22 months behind bars at Reading Crown Court in December 2020.
Glass was referred to the Teaching Regulation Agency and in February 2022, a panel agreed he should be banned from teaching.
The panel found the child Glass had incited was mentally vulnerable, but despite this, the teacher sent the youngster sexual messages via email and social media.
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It was found that Glass and the child engaged in ‘aggressive’ sexual activity on three occasions, including in his car.
In making their decision, the panel found: “No doubt had been cast upon Mr Glass' abilities as a classroom teacher. Indeed, he was described in positive terms in that respect.
“However, given the nature of the allegations in this case the panel concluded that there was not a strong public interest consideration in retaining him in the profession.
“Mr Glass was convicted of three offences of sexual activity with a vulnerable child in his care.
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“These actions were fundamentally incompatible with his being a teacher. This was conduct of the most serious nature.
“His conduct ran counter to what should have been at the very core of his practice as a teacher with a duty of care towards children.”
The prohibition order means Oliver Glass is prohibited from teaching indefinitely and cannot teach in any school, sixth form college, relevant youth accommodation or children’s home in England.
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