Educating Manchester headteacher Drew Povey's downfall sparked by three brutal words

Drew Povey was slapped with a drawstring of brutal words aft being struck disconnected from teaching aft a sheet accused him of 'unacceptable behaviour' portion successful a presumption of power

Educating Manchester's Drew Povey has been blasted aft being struck disconnected arsenic a teacher and described with 3 brutal words.

Povey, the erstwhile caput of Harrop Fold, Salford headteacher and his brother, Ross, who served arsenic adjunct caput astatine the schoolhouse which has since been renamed The Lowry Academy were deemed person been "unacceptable" successful the profession, starring them to losing their roles. The Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) accused the siblings of 'unacceptable nonrecreational conduct' aft allegations surfaced that pupils were being removed from the schoolhouse registry successful a signifier known arsenic 'off-rolling'.

The TRA recovered he "failed" to guarantee that students were being sent location and "recorded successful the due manner" during his clip successful complaint of the Manchester academy. While the schoolhouse had "no exclusions" argumentation but Povey aboriginal accepted that "pupils were sent location during the schoolhouse day."

But contempt Drew being praised successful a drawstring of quality references, this was not capable to acquit him owed to the severity of the allegations helium faced. He was described arsenic "kind", a "breath of caller air", and an "exceptional charismatic leader", it emerged astatine an October proceeding that his counsel conceded Drew was a 'poor schoolhouse manager' and was besides brutally said to person "very constricted knowledge" of indispensable administrative rigour, raising concerns astir a imaginable repetition of his actions.

The sheet besides concluded that determination was "little evidence" that Drew had taken steps successful bid to code his "lack of knowledge." Due to this, the sheet "could not discount the anticipation of the behaviour being repeated." Making a determination connected behalf of the acquisition secretary, Marc Carvey stated it was "necessary to enforce a prohibition bid successful bid to support nationalist assurance successful the profession."

The sheet stated it was "recognised that it was dealing with a ample measurement of hearsay evidence," which was assessed arsenic a "critical eye." But Povey's lawyer, Andrew Faux said: "The panel's determination was precise disappointing and relied to a troubling grade connected hearsay evidence. We are considering cautiously the close of entreaty to the High Court."

In a statement, Povey said: "My full vocation successful acquisition was astir supporting kids from pugnacious backgrounds and helping them make their self-belief and resilience – it was ne'er astir results oregon however information looked. Nor should it ever beryllium and schoolhouse leaders person a motivation work to defender against being drawn down that path.

"Every leader, each teacher, each azygous idiosyncratic who works successful schools has a work of attraction to each child, with each their brilliance and each their complexities – and whilst this has been a achy and drawn retired process for maine personally – they are the lone ones who substance successful each of this."

Drew and his member person been indefinitely banned from teaching, meaning they're not allowed to enactment successful immoderate school, sixth signifier college, younker accommodation oregon children's location successful England. They tin use to person this prohibition lifted, but not until October 30, 2026.

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