Lying Manchester Academy teacher banned from teaching after £50,000 insurance scam over invented burglary
A PE teacher who tried to claim nearly £50,000 in insurance over a fake burglary has been banned from teaching after hiding the conviction from her school. Dipti Patel, who taught PE at Manchester Academy, in Moss Side, made the ‘entirely fraudulent’ insurance claim after reporting a ‘contrived burglary’ at her family home, a professional conduct panel heard.
A Teaching Regulation Agency report reads: “Mrs Patel’s dishonest actions were planned and happened on multiple occasions in providing continued dishonest representations about the burglary to the insurance company, the insurer’s investigators and the police. The panel accepted that Mrs Patel had ‘found herself in extremely difficult personal circumstances’ and had ‘demonstrated genuine regret and remorse’ during the hearing. However it found these ‘could not sufficiently diminish the seriousness of the dishonesty element’ in the case.
“They spoke highly of her dedication to pupils, her drive to engage all pupils in the subject, particularly those who might not ordinarily engage, and they highlighted the many pupils and colleagues who looked up to Mrs Patel,” the report adds.
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