A former teacher who had taught at a Kent school for nearly 20 years has been struck off after having sex with a pupil. Tom Field, 46, worked at Ursuline College in Westgate-on-Sea in the Thanet district and had sex with the teenager at his home in June 2023.

The Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) published its report, and has banned Mr Field from the classroom. The panel said it was "particularly concerned" that "at the first opportunity" after the pupil completed her exams, Mr Field propositioned her for sexual intercourse.

Ursuline College is a Catholic mixed school, for pupils aged 11 to 19 years. Mr Field had dropped off a group of pupils in his car,, deliberately leaving the teenager until last. It was before she got out of the car, he told her he'd "like to have sex" with her.

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