Boarding faculty trainer who had intercourse with teenage pupil banned for all times

A private boarding school teacher has been banned from the profession for life after having sex with a teenage pupil.

Lloyd Ellis was an outdoor education teacher at Abbotsholme school in Rocester, Staffs, from September 2018 where boarding fees can be £44,000 a year.

But between May and August 2021 he had sex with a teenage pupil and was convicted at court of sexual activity with a girl aged 13-17.

She revealed what had been happening in August 2021 and less than a week later he was no longer employed there.

Lloyd Ellis was an outdoor education teacher at Abbotsholme school in Rocester and has been banned

He was sentenced to 14 months in jail suspended for two years.

Now a Teaching Regulation Agency panel has ruled that his actions were sexually motivated and he has been banned for life from teaching.

His actions were found to hae been ‘calculated and motivated’ and that he ‘abused’ his position ‘of trust and responsibility’ towards the student.

A professional conduct panel found the 30-year-old, who did not turn up to the hearing nor was represented, ‘fell significantly short of the standards expected of the profession’.

It was noted that Ellis was aware of the hearing and that he had responded to an email saying ‘he did not want anything to do with teaching or the TRA (Teaching Regulation Agency)’.  

The report found the misconduct was ‘particularly serious’ as it included a conviction involving sexual activity with a child.

It said in light of these offences, his actions raised ‘obvious and significant public and child protection concerns’.

As no mitigating evidence was provided, the panel was not able to find whether the teacher was remorseful for his actions.

It was highlighted that his actions were ‘calculated and motivated’.

The report from panel added: ‘In my judgement, the lack of evidence of insight or remorse means that there is some risk of the repetition of this behaviour and this puts at risk the future wellbeing of pupils.’

It found his actions could ‘undoubtedly affect public confidence in the teaching profession’ and that his conduct ‘ran counter to what should have been at the very core of his practice as a teacher with a duty of care towards children’.

‘Mr Ellis was in a position of trust and responsibility in relation to Pupil A. He abused that position’, it added.