Full hearing (conduct)

1. Whilst employed by [redacted] as a teacher, during a staff Christmas party on 16 December 2022 at [redacted], the Teacher did upset and cause distress to several female colleagues, in that he did:
   
   • (a) lick Colleague A’s ear.
   • (b) in respect of Colleague B:
     
     • (i) say to her that he ‘should be scared of her’, or words to that effect; and
     • (ii) say to her that she was ‘hot as f*ck’, or words to that effect.
   • (c) in respect of Colleague C:
     
     • (i) kiss her on the cheek;
     • (ii) say to her that she was ‘beautiful’, or words to that effect;
     • (iii) touch her face;
     • (iv) ask her what would happen if he kissed her on the forehead and then on the lips;
     • (v) say to her that they could go somewhere quiet and did not need to tell Colleague C’s boyfriend;
     • (vi) grab her leg whilst sitting next to her in a car.
   • (d) in respect of Colleague D:
     
     • (i) say to her that he and other male members of staff rate the attractiveness of female colleagues;
     • (ii) say to her that he thought her sister, Colleague E, was the most attractive female member of staff;
2. Whilst employed by [redacted] as a teacher, the Teacher did upset and cause distress to Colleague F in that he did:
   
   • (a) on 19 December 2019:
     
     • (i) during a staff Christmas party make comments of a sexually harassing nature to her in that he did:
       
       1. state ‘I find you incredibly attractive’, or words to this effect;
       2. state ‘I can’t stop thinking about you’, or words to this effect;
       3. state ‘We’re more than friends’, or words to this effect;
       4. state ‘you can’t tell me it’s never crossed your mind’, or words to this effect;
       5. state ‘it must have, don’t you find me attractive?’, or words to this effect.
       6. tell her that he had fantasies about them having sex at work;
       7. tell her that he had had an erection during some of their conversations at work;
       8. ask her how flexible she was; and
       9. ask her how she kept her pubic hair.
     • (ii) grab hold of her wrists whilst he was making some of the comments at allegations 2(a)(i).
   • (b) on a specific date unknown between 1 January 2020 and 31 January 2020:
     
     • (i) give her a hug; and
     • (ii) do so whilst she was telling him that his behaviour at allegation 2(a) had made her uncomfortable.
   • (c) on a specific date unknown between 1 February 2020 and 23 March 2020, during a
     colleague’s birthday party:
     
     • (i) repeatedly put his arm around her;
     • (ii) repeatedly attempt to talk to her whilst standing very close to her; and
     • (iii) repeatedly attempt to whisper in her ear.
   • (d) on an unknown date in the summer of 2022, during a school barbeque, grab her and
     hug her in a manner that could be described as a ‘headlock’.
3. The Teacher’s actions at allegations 1(a), 1(b)(ii), 1(c), 1(d)(i), 1(d)(ii), 2(a), 2(b), 2(c) and 3
   2(d) were sexual and/or sexually motivated.

And in light of the above it is alleged that the Teacher’s fitness to teach is impaired, and he is unfit to teach as a result of breaching Parts 1.3, 1.4, 4.1 and 4.2 of the General Teaching Council for Scotland’s Code of Professionalism and Conduct (COPAC) 2012.

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