School head's career in ruins after pupils have sex and drink on ski trip
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A school headteacher has been banned from the profession after pupils had sex and drank alcohol on a ski trip she organised. Justine Drury organised the journey for a dozen pupils to Switzerland between January 27 to February 4, 2017, for youngsters at the CP Riverside school in Nottingham, a school which provides alternative education for children aged 13-18 with behaviour or social issues.
She denied not taking sufficient steps to reduce the risk of inappropriate behaviour by pupils to stop them having sex - even though the school knew eight of the pupils were sexually active. 10 male pupils were on one floor of the hotel and two girls shared a room on another floor, with 52 year old Mrs Drury was also on that floor, a Teaching Regulation Agency misconduct panel heard.
Mrs Drury admitted to an investigation that Pupil A revealed to her on the first day while drunk 'that he had sex with a boy'. A witness said that he overheard a conversation between two pupils on the first day of the trip that Pupil A had sex with another pupil in her room. The witness also found her on the second night in a male pupil's bed and Pupil A revealed to him that she had sex with three of the male pupils.
Pupil A also disclosed on the third day that Pupil B had sex with a male pupil the night before 'in exchange for £30'. The panel said despite Pupil A's claim of 'potential non consensual sexual activity' on the first day of the trip, Mrs Drury did nothing to prevent the risk of sexual activity happening again.
