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Teacher deregistered for disciplining relative’s children…

The Teachers’ Disciplinary Tribunal has deregistered a teacher who was convicted of several assaults on children living in his care.  These included striking with the hand, a wooden spoon and a stick.

The teacher had been sentenced to home detention for the assaults that were regarded by the Court as taking the form of old-fashioned discipline that is no longer appropriate.

The Tribunal held that there was no reasonable alternative to striking the teacher off the roll.