The Standard Group Plc is a multi-media organization with investments in media
platforms spanning newspaper print
operations, television, radio broadcasting, digital and online services. The
Standard Group is recognized as a
leading multi-media house in Kenya with a key influence in matters of national and
international interest.
[Photo: File]
A PE teacher has been banned from the classroom for life for having sex with a 17-year-old pupil after a night out clubbing.
Luke Atkinson, now 25, was 23 when he had a one-night stand with the teenager two years ago.
He met the girl at The Priory nightclub in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, where she was out with friends.
They 'engaged in sexual activity' at a hotel, a misconduct hearing found, and after a disciplinary hearing he was sacked from Balby Carr School, Doncaster.
The girl, now 19, reluctantly gave evidence against him by video link and refused to have him prosecuted.
Atkinson did not attend the Professional Misconduct Panel of the National College for Teaching and Leadership in Coventry last month and his request for it to be heard in private was refused.
The hearing was told he lied about taking the girl to a hotel but the panel saw CCTV footage of them entering the premises together.
The misconduct panel said the girl was a 'very credible' witness and found the allegation of engaging in sexual activity with her proven.
