Pictured: The RE teacher struck off after he called Islam 'sick' and 'a plague' in a Facebook rant, showed 12-year-olds a certificate 18 movie and accessed porn on his school laptop
- Nicholas Hall, 53, taught at Soar Valley College in Leicester for 15 years
- Hall also attended Britain First marches and has now been struck off
- He described Islam as 'sick' and a ‘plague’ that needed to be eradicated
- Hall was suspended by school and has now been banned from teaching
This is the first picture of an RE teacher who called Islam 'sick' and 'a plague' in a Facebook rant and accessed pornography on his school laptop.
Nicholas Hall, 53, who was a teacher at Soar Valley College in Leicester for 15 years, also let children as young as 12 and 13 watch an 18-certificate film.
Hall, who also attended Britain First marches at least once, resigned earlier this year after being suspended by the school – and has now been banned from teaching.
RE teacher: Nicholas Hall, 53, who was a teacher at a college in Leicester for 15 years and attended Britain First marches at least once, resigned after being suspended by the school
A National College for Teaching and Leadership panel investigated a series of accusations and found him guilty of ‘unacceptable professional conduct’.
The teacher has now been struck off indefinitely by the Department for Education.
Hall admitted all the allegations, including saying on Facebook that Islam is a ‘sick religion’. He also described Islam as a ‘plague’ that needed to be eradicated.
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Hall also failed to act after a student made a comment about taking drugs and feigned illness so he could work as a security guard.
But he denied an allegation that he had expressed anti-Islamic views to another member of staff, and the panel found that not proved.
The panel heard the first incident was when Hall showed year eight pupils an 18-certificate film, which had reference to drug use and explicit language.
Concerning behaviour: Hall showed year eight pupils at at Soar Valley College in Leicester an 18-certificate film, which had reference to drug use and explicit language
There was an internal disciplinary hearing in 2012 after a vicar wrote to the school to complain children had been shown a film of an ‘extremely crude and sexual nature’.
In 2014 and 2015, Hall took sick leave to work as a security guard, and also attended a Britain First rally in March 2015 when he was off sick.
In its report, the panel said: ‘Having found a number of the allegations to have been proven, the panel is satisfied that the conduct of Mr Hall in relation to the facts found proven, involved breaches of the teachers’ standards.
‘The panel is satisfied the conduct of Mr Hall fell significantly short of the standards expected of the profession.’
They found he had breached several of the official standards, including those requiring teachers to observe ‘proper boundaries’, to safeguard pupils’ well-being and to show ‘tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs’.
School: In 2014 and 2015, Hall took sick leave to work as a security guard, and also attended a Britain First rally in March 2015 when he was off sick
Regarding the religious intolerance, the report said: ‘The panel is of the view the conduct displayed by Mr Hall in relation to these allegations affects the way in which Mr Hall fulfils his role as a teacher, or may lead to pupils being exposed to or influenced by his behaviour in a harmful way.
‘The panel has seen no evidence of any insight or remorse from Mr Hall.’
The report said what Hall admitted to displayed an ‘attitude of vehement intolerance toward people of other faiths’.
It said: ‘The panel believes such an attitude is completely incongruous with Mr Hall’s role as a teacher, but particularly his role as an RE teacher of the college.
‘The panel is satisfied Mr Hall is guilty of unacceptable professional conduct.’
Hall has been banned from teaching in any school, sixth form college or children’s home in England indefinitely.
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