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| Teacher guilty over secret film | Teacher guilty over secret film |
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| A supply teacher who secretly filmed unruly pupils for TV was guilty of unacceptable professional conduct, the teachers' professional body says. | A supply teacher who secretly filmed unruly pupils for TV was guilty of unacceptable professional conduct, the teachers' professional body says. |
| The General Teaching Council for England said Angela Mason, from London, had committed a breach of trust. | The General Teaching Council for England said Angela Mason, from London, had committed a breach of trust. |
| Mrs Mason admitted carrying out the secret filming for a Channel 5 documentary, but said she had acted in the public interest. | Mrs Mason admitted carrying out the secret filming for a Channel 5 documentary, but said she had acted in the public interest. |
| The teachers' professional body has the power to ban her from teaching. | The teachers' professional body has the power to ban her from teaching. |
| It has not yet announced what action it will take. | It has not yet announced what action it will take. |
| Mrs Mason returned to the profession after 30 years and signed up with agencies for work as a supply teacher, with a view to taking part in documentaries, the GTC heard. | Mrs Mason returned to the profession after 30 years and signed up with agencies for work as a supply teacher, with a view to taking part in documentaries, the GTC heard. |
| Pornographic images | |
| Using a camera hidden in her handbag, she secretly filmed at a number of schools in London and in the north east of England for the Channel 5 programme Classroom Chaos. | Using a camera hidden in her handbag, she secretly filmed at a number of schools in London and in the north east of England for the Channel 5 programme Classroom Chaos. |
| She recorded a number of incidents of pupils misbehaving and disrupting lessons in late 2004 and early 2005. | She recorded a number of incidents of pupils misbehaving and disrupting lessons in late 2004 and early 2005. |
| In the programme, one boy was shown telling Mrs Mason to "take a nap" when she attempted to restore order to the class. | |
| Another was using a school computer to look for pornographic images on the internet. | |
| Mrs Mason said she saw chairs being smashed, pupils fighting in class and that she was sworn at by pupils and was falsely accused of touching them. | |
| Mrs Mason as a teacher 30 years ago | |
| At the hearing in Birmingham, the GTC ruled the public interest defence was not strong enough to justify the breach of trust implicit in the secret filming. | At the hearing in Birmingham, the GTC ruled the public interest defence was not strong enough to justify the breach of trust implicit in the secret filming. |
| After an earlier hearing of the tribunal, Mrs Mason had said she was fighting the allegations because she still felt passionately about the profession she left 30 years ago. | |
| She said she was "standing up for the supply teachers and other teachers" who had to "endure such behaviour every day". | |
| She originally left teaching to work in educational broadcasting. |