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Teacher Banned After Confessing Love to Pupil | Sheffield News
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A teacher in north London has been banned from teaching for life after confessing to a student he loved her — comparing his feelings to Edward Cullen from Twilight — sparking a safeguarding scandal. Despite claiming he sought companionship, not sex, and citing past infatuations and religious beliefs, the Teaching Regulation Agency ruled his actions were sexually motivated and damaged the teaching profession’s reputation. He admitted his judgment was poor and apologized, but the panel concluded any reasonable person would find his pursuit of a student unacceptable. The student was deeply upset, and Islam is now barred from all educational roles in England.
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