Sacked teacher called pupils 'little s***' and 'idiot' then vented about student on Facebook

A teacher who was sacked from a school in Warrington called pupils 'idiot' and 'little s***' then vented about a student on Facebook, a report has revealed.

Barbara Phillips was dismissed from her position at Chaigeley School, a school for children with social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs, in October 2019 after an investigation, Cheshire Live reports. A hearing was recently carried out into allegations surrounding her conduct and a report released this month said she had 'engaged in inappropriate and/or unprofessional behaviour'.

It found that she had called pupils 'idiot' and 'little s***' more than once. She had also posted on Facebook 'if [name of pupil] isn't excluded for at least three days, I will f*** off home'.

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But the professional conduct panel hearing carried out by the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) found that no prohibition order would be made against her as she had reflected and changed.

The panel found that in March 2019, Mrs Phillips said 'I'm not staying in with him here' in what was described as a 'loud and dramatic fashion' while she was in the dining room in reference to a pupil who had an 'episode of violence' earlier that day that led to them damaging school property. It was reported that the pupil overheard the comment and was 'visibly upset'.

One witness said a pupil had told them Mrs Phillips had used the word 'idiot', while the phrase 'little s***' was reported to have been said in the dining room, while staff were 'chatting amongst themselves'. Mrs Phillips admitted to using those words and claimed it to be a method to 'let off steam'.

She was adamant she said them away from pupils, although the