Ban for head who called teacher ‘the pretty one’

A HEAD teacher who referred to his staff as the ‘blonde one’, ‘the good-looking one’ and ‘the pretty one who lost the baby’ has been banned from the classroom.

Paul Scott, 54, made a string of inappropriate remarks to female teachers at Arboretum Primary in Derby, including telling one: ‘I can see you’ve got your big pants on today.’

A tribunal was told that when one asked Scott what she could do to reach a higher pay band, he replied: ‘Seeing you in your underwear would be a really good start.’ He referred to colleagues as being ‘on the spectrum bus’ and told another teacher: ‘You’ve really let yourself go since you got married.’

A pregnant colleague was allegedly asked if she was behaving in a certain way ‘because she was hormonal’.

One witness told a Teaching Regulation Agency disciplinary hearing in Coventry she ‘got the impression’ Scott categorised women ‘based on whether they were attractive or not’.

The TRA banned the head indefinitely after ruling he had committed unacceptable professional conduct. He cannot reapply to the teaching register until at least November 2024.