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Teacher pretended to be pupil and told Childline that head 'inappropriately touched' her
A teacher pretended to be a 13-year-old girl and falsely claimed another school's head teacher had sexually abused her in a call to Childline.
A tribunal heard Eleri Roberts made up the story while working Llanidloes High School in Mid Wales.
She could be hit with a classroom ban, reports Wales Online.
Roberts was later questioned by police but officers decided to give her a caution and not take matters any further.
However, the Education Workforce Council (ECW) decided to launch its own investigation.
A document put before the watchdog’s Professional Committee showed that while “posing as female pupil”, Mrs Roberts made a false report that a headteacher of another school had “inappropriately touched” her in November 2013.
It was also told the registrant was later given a formal warning by police in March 2014.
An ECW spokeswoman said the allegations against Mrs Roberts had been found proven at an earlier hearing and her actions had amounted to “unacceptable professional conduct”.
A panel had been due to decide on what punishment to issue at a hearing in Cardiff on Tuesday.
Options include striking Mrs Robert’s name from the teaching register as well as a suspension order.
However, the hearing was adjourned after Mrs Roberts was unable to attend.
The ECW said the panel would reconvene at a later date.
Teacher pretended to be pupil and told Childline that head 'inappropriately touched' her
A teacher pretended to be a 13-year-old girl and falsely claimed another school's head teacher had sexually abused her in a call to Childline.
A tribunal heard Eleri Roberts made up the story while working Llanidloes High School in Mid Wales.
She could be hit with a classroom ban, reports Wales Online.
Roberts was later questioned by police but officers decided to give her a caution and not take matters any further.
However, the Education Workforce Council (ECW) decided to launch its own investigation.
A document put before the watchdog’s Professional Committee showed that while “posing as female pupil”, Mrs Roberts made a false report that a headteacher of another school had “inappropriately touched” her in November 2013.
It was also told the registrant was later given a formal warning by police in March 2014.
An ECW spokeswoman said the allegations against Mrs Roberts had been found proven at an earlier hearing and her actions had amounted to “unacceptable professional conduct”.
A panel had been due to decide on what punishment to issue at a hearing in Cardiff on Tuesday.
Options include striking Mrs Robert’s name from the teaching register as well as a suspension order.
However, the hearing was adjourned after Mrs Roberts was unable to attend.
The ECW said the panel would reconvene at a later date.