A school teacher who used adult chat sites with pornographic content on his school laptop during lessons has been banned from the profession.
Christian Watkinson, 48, used a 'hotspot' mobile phone internet connection to bypass safety features at The Christian School in Takeley, Essex, and access the content, which included pictures of naked women, between November 2022 and May 2023.
Pupils also reported that Mr Watkinson, who was a science teacher, had regularly taken his laptop into the classroom's chemical cupboard for up to a minute during the lessons, a Teaching Regulation Agency panel heard.
Mr Watkinson was also warned by the school about the content when the issue was first raised, but kept it visible on the laptop for months afterwards.
The panel found the teacher's behaviour had been 'exceptionally reckless' with clear safeguarding concerns, and amounted to serious misconduct.
