A teacher has been struck off by the Disciplinary Tribunal after she became intoxicated at a school event and while intoxicated performed oral sex on a male student.

The school event was supposed to be alcohol free but the teacher brought alcohol along and while intoxicated engaged in various inappropriate behaviours with the male students the most serious of which was oral sex.

The Tribunal found that no penalty short of cancellation of her registration was appropriate in the circumstances.

Alan Knowsley
Education Lawyer
Wellington