A Leeds teacher has been banned by the regulator over the “inappropriate touching” of a pupil.
Derek Hoyle, 63, a music teacher at Gildersome Primary School in Leeds, on more than one occasion touched a girl in an inappropriate manner, a Teaching Regulation Agency misconduct panel found. The TRA professional teacher misconduct panel hearing was told that Mr Hoyle had touched the girl’s leg two or three times in one-to-one music lessons. A report published following the hearing said the child reported that Mr Hoyle had “placed his hand on her thigh” and “squeezed her leg”.
The panel found allegations that these were sexually-motivated to be unproven. The report said: “The panel considered that it had seen no evidence that Mr Hoyle had a sexual motivation in carrying out the actions it had found proved.” Get the latest on all of the news from across Leeds sent directly to your inbox with our free daily newsletter Despite this, the panel was satisfied that the conduct of Mr Hoyle “fell significantly short of the standard of behaviour expected of a teacher.
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