Special needs teacher who turned up to lessons drunk and used work laptop to browse Ann Summers for sex toys and ‘cancel porn membership’ banned from classroom
Headteacher Philippa Holliday revealed that “it was apparent that she was under the influence of alcohol” during the working day
A SPECIAL needs school teacher has been banned from the job after turning up drunk and using her work laptop to browse the web for sex toys on Ann Summers.
Jill Collins claimed to bosses that her slurred speech was because of migraine medication she was taking, however she failed a police breath test at Castledon School, in Bromfords Drive, Wickford, and was then removed by officers.
An investigation into her work emails also found that she had sent several inappropriate messages to her partner.
The messages included links to the Ann Summers website, a National College for Teaching and Leadership panel heard.
In another email, she appeared to have used her work laptop to cancel a porn website membership.
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Collins was first suspected of unprofessional behaviour on May 18, 2015, when she was accused of being drunk, the reports.
The school's headteacher Philippa Holliday told the panel: "It was apparent that she was under the influence of alcohol."
After being confronted, she refused to leave the school grounds.
Eventually police officers had to escort her off the property.
However Collins kept on contacting parents and staff - doing so on 12 occasions - despite being suspended.
She also left “annoyed and aggressive” voicemail to one parent.
The teacher was banned by the panel from teaching until February 2019. She did not attend the hearing.
Panel member Jayne Millions said: "The fact that Mrs Collins attended school whilst under the influence of alcohol and was responsible for pupils with learning difficulties, potentially leading to safeguarding issues had her behaviour not been reported promptly, was a significant factor."
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