UK school fraud scandal: Neil Metcalf banned for life after stealing £15,000

A former headteacher who spent years stealing money from two primary schools has been permanently banned from teaching in England after a regulatory panel found his behaviour fundamentally broke the trust placed in him.Neil Metcalf, 52, was jailed for 15 months in 2024 after pleading guilty to two counts of fraud. As reported by Schools Week, he stole £10,800 from St Anthony of Padua Catholic Primary School in Liverpool between 2017 and 2022 and £4,690 from Our Lady's Bishop Eton Catholic Primary School in Merseyside between 2022 and 2023.The method was straightforward.

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