Head instructor is banned after one lady pupil slept with three boys on Swiss ski journey, one other had intercourse with a boy for £30 as group had knives and stole booze

A school principal had been banned from the profession after pupils had sex, were found with knives and drank alcohol on a ski trip.

Headteacher Mrs Justine Drury, 52, organised the ski trip for a dozen pupils to Switzerland between 29th January to February 4th 2017.

A Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) misconduct panel heard Mrs Drury was principal of the CP Riverside school in Nottingham, a school which provides alternative education for children aged 13-18 with behaviour or social issues.

During the trip, one female pupil had sex with two male pupils before a third ‘blackmailed’ her into also having sex with him by filming her previous encounter.

A second female pupil was also said to have had sex for £30. 

Throughout the trip there were serious issues after one pupil was found with three knives in their room, others shoplifted from local stores and a large group of the students broke into the hotel’s kitchen and stole alcohol.

Mrs Drury also allocated one of the male pupils to share a room with an accompanying adult on the trip, which the panel heard was inappropriate.

She denied not taking sufficient steps to reduce the risk of inappropriate behaviour, such as pupils having sex – even though the school knew eight of the pupils were sexually active.

Headteacher Mrs Justine Drury, 52, organised the ski trip for a dozen pupils from CP Riverside School in 2017

Ten male pupils were on one floor of the hotel with one member of staff and two girls shared a room on another floor – and Mrs Drury was also on that floor.

Mrs Drury admitted to an investigation that Pupil A revealed to her on the first day while drunk ‘that she had sex with a boy’.

A witness said that he overheard a conversation between two pupils on the first day of the trip that Pupil A had sex with another pupil in her room.

The witness also found her on the second night in a male pupil’s bed and Pupil A revealed to him that she had sex with three of the male pupils.

Pupil A also disclosed on the third day that Pupil B had sex with a male student the night before ‘in exchange for £30’.

The panel said despite Pupil A’s claim of ‘potential non-consensual sexual activity’ on the first day of the trip, Mrs Drury did nothing to prevent the risk of sexual activity happening again.

The panel said the trip should have been abandoned after day one and police informed as well as parents, carers, school trustees and the council.

The panel was also told that Pupil A said on the third day her sex with another pupil was filmed on a phone by another student who used the recording to blackmail her into having sex with him.

A witness claimed he took the phone from the boy but could not access it to see if there was ‘anything on it that was going to get him into trouble’.

The panel said Mrs Drury failed to confiscate pupils phones or investigate the matters or tell the police.

The disciplinary panel was also told that one or more pupils had a knife with them, had been shoplifting and had stolen ten bottles of spirits after breaking into the hotel restaurant – and that the pupils had drunk alcohol during the trip.

After hearing that a pupil had a knife, three blades were removed from their room but no searches of students’ rooms were carried out.

During the investigaiton, Mrs Dury accused the pupil who allegedly had knives of ‘liking to draw attention to herself’. 

And responding to the fact she arranged for one of the male pupils to share a room with an attending staff member on the trip, Mrs Drury said the pupil was ‘way beyond his chronological age’. 

The pupils also attended a nightclub for an ‘underage disco’ during the trip. 

The panel found Mrs Drury guilty of not disclosing the serious incidents that had happened in Switzerland – only telling trustees that it had ‘been eventful’.

The hearing also found she had not acted with integrity and had failed to adequately safeguard pupils.

Decision maker Sarah Buxcey said Mrs Drury would be banned from the profession indefinitely and can only apply to return as a teacher after five years have passed.