A headteacher has been banned from the classroom after students allegedly slept with one another, took knives and stole alcohol, and were blackmailed into sex while on a school ski trip.
Justine Drury, 52, was principal at the CP Riverside School in Nottingham – which provides education for children with behaviour or social issues – at the time of the trip to Switzerland in 2017.
A Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) misconduct panel heard that the 52-year-old organised the trip for 12 students, where “10 had special educational needs, eight were known to be sexually active, seven were known to have substance misuse problems and three had current justice system involvement”.
During the trip, one student had sex with two male pupils before a third “blackmailed” her into having sex with him after filming her.
CP Riverside School in Nottingham provides education for children with behaviour or social issues
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The panel was also told about a second female student who allegedly had sex with a fellow pupil in exchange for £30.
Students also shoplifted from local stores, others broke into the hotel’s kitchen to steal alcohol and one individual was found with three large knives in their room.
The TRA said Drury failed to get parental consent for all of the attendees and “did not take sufficient steps to reduce the risk of inappropriate behaviour by pupils”.
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