The teacher restrained the boy on a classroom floor for what ‘seemed like forever’ according to a colleague who was there.
The panel said: ‘Witness C stated that the next thing she knew was that Pupil A and Mrs Brown were on the floor with Pupil A between Mrs Brown’s legs.‘Witness C stated that Pupil A was visibly distressed and was kicking and resisting.She told the misconduct hearing she could not be sure exactly how long the hold lasted but ‘the whole incident was longer than 30 minutes’.
The teacher believed the best thing to have done would have been to open the door and let Pupil A out the classroom.The panel concluded that Pupil A had been held down or restrained by Mrs Brown on the floor and in between her legs. Panel Chairman John Armstrong said while it was not entirely clear how long the boy had been held down, it had been for too long.
He added: ‘The panel accepted that physical contact was necessary at the outset of the incident but found it impossible to envisage any circumstances in which it can have been reasonable for Pupil A to be held for as long as he was.’ Mrs Burton was also found guilty of other misconduct offences while running the school between September 2013 and November 2018.
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