Disciplinary panel rules on catalogue of ‘unacceptable professional conduct’
12:10pm Monday 11th March 2013 in News
A FORMER teacher has been banned from classrooms for at least three years after being found guilty by a disciplinary panel of “unacceptable professional conduct”.
Tariq Qureshi, aged 52, who taught maths at Bolton St Catherine’s Academy between 2009 and 2011, was banned after a Teaching Agency hearing found that he: l Engaged in inappropriate physical contact with pupils l Made friends with pupils on Facebook l Made suggestive remarks to pupils l Asked pupils if they were gay l Slapped a pupil with a ruler l Showed pupils a “sexualised” music video l Accessed “inappropriate” material on a school computer The panel recommended a three-year ban for Mr Qureshi, which was then enforced by education secretary Michael Gove.
Mr Gove said: “Mr Qureshi repeatedly breached professional boundaries in respect of his relationships with pupils in his care.
“He made inappropriate suggestive remarks. He crossed professional boundaries after two suspensions.
“These findings of misconduct are of a serious nature and they fall significantly short of the standard of behaviour expected of a teacher.”
He added that while his behaviour was not “at the highest end of the scale”, it was serious and persistent.
The decision means that Qureshi is banned from teaching in any school, sixth-form college, youth accommodation or children’s home in England.
He may apply for the order to be set aside, but not until 2016, and, if he does so, he will have to persuade a panel that he is fit to return to the classroom.
In its findings the disciplinary panel says Mr Qureshi acted in an inappropriate manner towards pupils.
A teaching assistant gave evidence that he made reference to an icon flickering on a computer screen by saying to a girl, aged about 13: “I wish it was you flashing there.”
The panel also found that Mr Qureshi made inappropriate comments and engaged in inappropriate physical contact with another pupil, identified only as pupil A.
She made a written statement in May, 2010, when she was 15 or 16, saying that on several occasions Mr Qureshi greeted her in a corridor with the words “Hello Darling” in a funny accent and stroked her arm.
He also tickled her on the waist from behind when she had been locked in a classroom with him by another pupil and tapped her on the head with exercise books and rulers, the panel heard.
The panel also found that he slapped another female pupil on the back of the legs with a ruler and told pupils that he had met a girl at college, that he had fallen in love with her, and that he was getting a divorce from his wife.
During a Year 8 lesson in December 2011, Mr Qureshi showed an “inappropriate” music video, Hold You, by Gyptian, showing male and female dancers moving around each other in a seductive manner with “sexual” body language.
The panel also found that he accessed inappropriate websites on the school computer, during school time, including a video named “F... Your Mom” which shows a man talking with a woman about dating her mother.
“Neither of these videos related to mathematics teaching. Both included sexual, alternatively suggestive, content,” the panel reported.
Mr Qureshi also accepted pupils as “friends” on social networking site Facebook, although it was noted that the allegation related to 2009/10 when Facebook was not “recognised as a potential minefield”.
The panel also said the school had given limited guidance about the dangers of Facebook at a training day in September, 2009.
Qureshi, who did not attend the hearing in Coventry, has a right of appeal to the High Court within 28 days.
The Bolton News was unable to contact Mr Qureshi or anyone from the school to comment.
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Comments (49)
9:41am Mon 11 Mar 13
Rev-ol-ution says...
9:59am Mon 11 Mar 13
underwater says...
10:04am Mon 11 Mar 13
boltonchap says...
10:23am Mon 11 Mar 13
georgethebrave says...
10:24am Mon 11 Mar 13
angus macoatup says...
deal with him
11:04am Mon 11 Mar 13
georgethebrave says...
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Three arrested on suspicion of
sexual assault and false
imprisonment at Islamic girls'
school in Lancaster
Police have arrested three men on
suspicion of sexual assault and false
imprisonment within the grounds of an
Islamic girls' school in Lancaster.
A 40-year-old man from Bolton and a
30-year-old man from Blackburn have
been arrested on suspicion of sexual
assault and false imprisonment and a
53-year-old man from Blackburn has
been arrested on suspicion of false
imprisonment.
All are currently in custody.
Searches are being conducted at the
school by female officers.
11:48am Mon 11 Mar 13
moosa says...
Wait for the facts to come out!!
11:51am Mon 11 Mar 13
moosa says...
If I was you I'd be worried who the next pope is!!
Get my drift
12:10pm Mon 11 Mar 13
boltonnut says...
1:09pm Mon 11 Mar 13
georgethebrave says...
1:24pm Mon 11 Mar 13
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A police chief has revealed that 54
suspects have been arrested across the
Bradford district in the last five months
by officers investigating cases of
predatory paedophiles.
Speaking after the jailing of two child
rapists, who travelled to Keighley to
groom and snare their victims, Chief
Superintendent Angela Williams pledged
to work with the whole community to
improve youngsters’ safety.
“There are ongoing investigations into
similar crimes – including another case in
Keighley – and since October there have
been 54 arrests within the Bradford
district,” said Chief Supt Williams.
And she stressed this was a sign that
police tactics were working to cut out the
grooming of vulnerable teenage girls – not
a signal of increased paedophile activity.
“Those arrests prove success because
they show the system is working. Success
breeds success and I firmly believe we
have reached a tipping point – particularly
in the fact that more and more children
now feel able to talk to us,” she said.
And the new commander for the Airedale
and North Bradford division has a keen
personal interest in protecting the area’s
children as she was born and raised close
to Lund Park, Keighley, one of the sites
where perverts Shazad Rehman and Bilal
Hussain preyed on girls as young as 14.
Chief Supt Williams said: “I really care
about Keighley – I was born and brought
up here.
“I went to a local primary school not far
from Lund Park.
“So I know these streets and have
childhood memories of the town.”
Speaking as a parent with a teenage
daughter, Chief Supt Williams urged
others with children to join the police and
other agencies in the fight against child
sexual exploitation by being vigilant for
tell-tale signs of potential problems.
“Luckily we have a very open relationship
and talk about everything, so as a mum
myself, I know it is important to keep an
eye on what’s going on,” she said.
Chief Supt Williams said: “We currently
have some 70 children, the majority being
girls, who are identified as vulnerable or
potentially at risk of sexual exploitation in
Bradford district.”
And she asked any children with concerns
not to hesitate in speaking out about any
anxieties.
“I would encourage them to speak to
friends, family, carers or teachers and if it
needs to come to the police then we will
deal with it carefully and seriously,” said
Chief Supt Williams.
“We have a new central hub at Javelin
House Police Station, Eccleshill, which has
a family room which is nothing like a
police station where all different agencies
and people can get together and talk
things through.
“But there is no need to even go to a
police station, which can be intimidating,
we can always meet elsewhere.”
Chief Supt Williams said the police were
aware of networks which exist between
paedophile groups.
“Obviously I cannot discuss ongoing cases,
but we are aware of networks and how
those involved work in an organised and
deliberate fashion,” she said.
“However in the recent case we are not
aware of any family, business or leisure
links between the two men and Keighley
or why they chose to come here.
“It could just have been a convenient
place far enough from their local area for
them not to be known and where they
could carry out their sordid attacks and
get home easily.”
“Their heavy sentences should send out a
message that we have the technology and
the tactics to trace and catch anyone
coming into the area.”
Chief Supt Williams said although both
men were Asian, that was not viewed as a
significant factor in the actual crime.
“While we, of course, acknowledge their
ethnicity, what we are dealing with is
paedophiles regardless of their
background,” she said.
“That is why we will work with every part
of the community and welcome
information and help from all people,”
she said. “I care about Keighley – we all
care about Keighley.”
l Shazad Rehman and Bilal Hussain raped
a 14-year-old-girl “one after the other”
and each raped other teenage girls after
luring them into cars.
Rehman, 30, of no fixed address, was
jailed for 18 and a half years and Hussain,
23, of Neville Road Avenue, Leeds, was
jailed for 17 and a half years by a
Bradford Crown Court judge last week.
3:02pm Mon 11 Mar 13
moosa says...
I can go on but not going to bore the readers unlike you
3:17pm Mon 11 Mar 13
georgethebrave says...
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A recent Ceop's report said that the available
evidence was patchy. The review
identified 2,083 victims and 2,379
offenders since the start of 2008.
Investigators were only able to establish
reliable information about half of the
offenders, the majority of whom were
aged between 18 and 24.
In almost a third of the remaining cases,
agencies had insufficient information to
draw any conclusions about ethnicity. Of
those that remained, 38% were white and
26% were Asian. The report stressed that
this data was poor because in nine out of
10 cases, the research could not detail
the meaning of "Asian".
The report said that the majority of
victims were white girls - although in a
third of cases the ethnicity was not
known.
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Highly disproportionate don't you think considering 'asians' only account for 8% approx of the population, FACT!
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Link provided so you know I'm not a liar like you!!.
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http://mobile.bbc.co
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3:24pm Mon 11 Mar 13
georgethebrave says...
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moosa says...
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georgethebrave says...
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http://m.guardian.co
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olice-arrest-eight-m
en-suspect-grooming-
rape
3:54pm Mon 11 Mar 13
moosa says...
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/2009/06/28/black-co
untry-mobile-phone-p
aedophile-ring-smash
ed-66331-24001846/
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A MIDLAND paedophile ring that traded in sickening child sex images via mobile phones has been smashed by cops - after the ringleader accidentally left his handset in a pub. A MIDLAND paedophile ring that traded in sickening child sex images via mobile phones has been smashed by cops - after the ringleader accidentally left his handset in a pub.
3:55pm Mon 11 Mar 13
moosa says...
www.oldham-chronicle
.co.uk/news-features
/8/news/31672/paedop
hile-guilty-of-black
mailing-girl-14
Added by lutherblissett 1 year ago
Shaw man tried to force teenager into **** A SHAW man who groomed a teenage girl over the Internet and...
3:56pm Mon 11 Mar 13
moosa says...
3:59pm Mon 11 Mar 13
moosa says...
Guaranteed their are more white Peados than Muslim!!
3:59pm Mon 11 Mar 13
georgethebrave says...
this data was poor because in nine out of
10 cases, the research could not detail
the meaning of "Asian".
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Enough said!
4:00pm Mon 11 Mar 13
moosa says...
www.dailyrecord.co.u
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iller-peter-tobin-li
nked-to-paedophile-r
ing-86908-22010630/
Added by lutherblissett 1 year ago
MONSTER Peter Tobin was part of a paedophile ring that abused children during the 1980s and 1990, police have been told. MONSTER Peter Tobin was part of a paedophile ring that abused children during the 1980s and 1990, police have been told.
4:05pm Mon 11 Mar 13
georgethebrave says...
4:06pm Mon 11 Mar 13
moosa says...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/u
k-scotland-tayside-c
entral-16654504
Added by lutherblissett 1 year ago
A man who raped a 14-month-old girl and posted the images on the internet has been jailed for four years. David Morrison, 45, from Grangemouth, was also told that he would be monitored for the rest of his life.
4:07pm Mon 11 Mar 13
moosa says...
4:10pm Mon 11 Mar 13
Winston"2+2=5"Smith says...
Any non muslim willing to leave their young daughters in the care of a muslim man should be considered to be putting their lives in danger.
As we all know muslims consider refer to non muslim lands as Dar al Harb (house of war) i.e.they are at war in our lands until they conquer them. Thus they see our property including our wives and daughters (property of a male according to the teachings of crazy Mo) as war booty for the taking.
It is not surprising then that muslim men interpret this as open season on "unguarded" non muslim women especially naive underage girls.
The following Quranic quote tells the average non muslim all they need to know regarding the muslim male attitude to this subject;
The Quran in Sura 4:24 says:
And forbidden to you are wedded wives of other people except those who have fallen in your hands . . . (Maududi, vol. 1, p. 319).
My main gripe with the increasing rise of muslim grooming of young vulnerable white girls is OUR attitude to it. the majority of people can barely tear their eyes away from Xfactor and the football leagues to actually care. If the shoe was on the other foot the streets outside the perpetrators house would be full of taxi's out of which would be pouring hundreds of wild eyed tooled up screaming muslim men whilst the ineffective, increasingly Dhimmi police force would be pandering to "community leaders" whilst informing the rest of us that they are worried about community cohesion and trying desperately to cover up the fact that some "communities" are treated with more caution and reverence than others. After all could you imagine their respose to hundreds of armed angry white fathers ? Batons drawn and skulls smashed.
4:18pm Mon 11 Mar 13
georgethebrave says...
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5:11pm Mon 11 Mar 13
grimtown says...
5:13pm Mon 11 Mar 13
grimtown says...
5:14pm Mon 11 Mar 13
grimtown says...
5:16pm Mon 11 Mar 13
hoboh2o says...
Seems we put up with them or get rid.
7:04pm Mon 11 Mar 13
moosa says...
Regarding the Lancaster school do you know something the rest don't?
It's alleged not proven nor has anyone been convicted of any crimes!!
I guarantee I will make you eat your filthy vile words!!
If & when convicted I will openly admit I was wrong!!
7:07pm Mon 11 Mar 13
moosa says...
I wait in earnest !!!
8:54am Tue 12 Mar 13
Rev-ol-ution says...
I maybe going off the a actual case we are commenting on here, he may not be a rapist, but after that sort of conduct, he needs to lose his profession!!! WITHOUT QUESTION. I CONDEMN THE PANALS RESULTS!
9:44am Tue 12 Mar 13
Timothy Kirkman says...
I went to this school (BSCA) while he was here, and he didnt do most of the stuff this page is saying he has done, you all read this load of rubbish and then think its all true. The person that has made this statement is a morbid person who craves attention and i think the comments above about race is bang out of order there is no need to be racist against if you dont like it fair enough, grow a pair and stop throwing racist comment about!
9:44am Tue 12 Mar 13
Timothy Kirkman says...
I went to this school (BSCA) while he was here, and he didnt do most of the stuff this page is saying he has done, you all read this load of rubbish and then think its all true. The person that has made this statement is a morbid person who craves attention and i think the comments above about race is bang out of order there is no need to be racist against if you dont like it fair enough, grow a pair and stop throwing racist comment about!
9:44am Tue 12 Mar 13
Timothy Kirkman says...
I went to this school (BSCA) while he was here, and he didnt do most of the stuff this page is saying he has done, you all read this load of rubbish and then think its all true. The person that has made this statement is a morbid person who craves attention and i think the comments above about race is bang out of order there is no need to be racist against if you dont like it fair enough, grow a pair and stop throwing racist comment about!”
12:10pm Tue 12 Mar 13
boltonchap says...
2:39pm Tue 12 Mar 13
moosa says...
Rather than worrying about what this teacher will or won't do!!
There are 1.2 Billion catholic in the world!!
We should be more worried !!!
Cause I am!!
3:39pm Tue 12 Mar 13
boltonchap says...
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moosa says...
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boltonchap says...
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moosa says...
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boltonchap says...
7:32am Wed 13 Mar 13
hoboh2o says...
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moosa says...
3:37am Sat 16 Mar 13
Lawlesschat says...
What an idiot.
Well said Mr Kirkman.