Primary teacher who had indecent images banned

A former primary school teacher who admitted making indecent pictures of children has been banned from teaching for life.

Kieran Taylor, 48, who previously taught at a Weymouth school, admitted three counts of making indecent pictures of children and one of possessing extreme pornography with an animal in 2021.

He was told to complete a three-year community order when he was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court in November 2021.

The Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) found Taylor's conduct "raised obvious and significant public and child protection concerns".

Taylor will remain on the sex offenders' register and is the subject of a sexual harm prevention order until November 2031.

The TRA said his convictions were relevant to his suitability to teach children and that public confidence "could be seriously weakened" if Taylor's conduct "was not treated with the utmost seriousness".

The panel decided that he would not be allowed to apply to have his registration restored because of the seriousness of his offending.

"Taylor's conduct ran counter to what should have been at the very core of his practice as a teacher with a duty of care towards children," it concluded.

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