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| Teacher guilty over pupil texts | Teacher guilty over pupil texts |
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| A supply teacher has been found guilty of professional misconduct after sending inappropriate text messages to a teenage female pupil. | |
| The disciplinary panel also found Darren Scott had a conversation with pupils about his private life when he was working at Ysgol Aberconwy, Conwy. | |
| But it dismissed accusations that he had had a one-to-one conversation with the girl and grabbed her by the arms. | But it dismissed accusations that he had had a one-to-one conversation with the girl and grabbed her by the arms. |
| The panel is now considering whether any sanctions should be imposed. | The panel is now considering whether any sanctions should be imposed. |
| It could reprimand Mr Scott, suspend him as a registered teacher, or remove him permanently from the profession. | |
| Mr Scott, a newly-qualified teacher believed to be in his thirties, had faced nine allegations of professional misconduct. | |
| 'Thoroughly regrets' | |
| As well as sending her text messages, the panel found he had also approached the girl and spoken to her in Llandudno. | |
| But it dismissed other accusations that he had grabbed the girl's arms, put his face close to hers and caused stress, or that he had told her he "still loved her". | |
| In a statement, Mr Scott apologised and said he "thoroughly regrets" his actions. | |
| "With hindsight I realised that I should have passed the matter immediately to the head of our department for her to make a decision. | |
| "I believed I could handle the situation but subsequently realised it had developed into something I could not," the statement went on. | |
| "This matter has being going on for over two and a half years and as a result of my actions I have been unable to teach. | |
| "This upsets me greatly, as this is the profession I have trained long and hard for and more importantly is my vocation in life. I miss teaching greatly and I hope to teach again as soon as possible." | |
| He also said that he bore no malice towards the pupil who had made the complaint, and stressed that he would never again text or email any pupils ever again. | |
| Mr Scott's union representative, Rex Phillips from the NASUWT, said the accusations had already been investigated by other bodies. | |
| "The DCFS [Department for Children, Schools and Family] did not determine that he had crossed the boundary, the police did not determine that he crossed the boundary, and the strategy meeting did not determine that he had crossed the boundary, " said Mr Phillips. |