Teacher banned from working in schools for posting pictures of children online lands lecturing job
Ex-Labour councillor banned from teaching in schools after posting pictures of children on website used by paedophiles lands lecturing job at Lancaster University
Steven Birkett was banned from working at schools for life after he shared images of students in their uniform on the website between 2017 and 2007 The former Labour councillor has worked at Lancaster University since 2019University are ‘satisfied’ there are no safeguarding concerns with Birkett
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A teacher who was banned from working in schools after it was discovered he had been posting images of students onto a Russian website used by paedophiles has landed a job as a lecturer at Lancaster University.
Steven Birkett, who was Head of History at Chenderit School, Middleton Cheyney, in Oxfordshire, admitted to sharing pictures of students in their uniform on the website without permission of the school or parents between 2007 and 2017.
The former Labour councillor for the New Bilton ward admitted to posting photographs of at least two pupils – which he had taken from Facebook without their knowledge – for at least ten days, having set up an account using an email address containing the name of another pupil.
Steven Birkett, pictured, admitted to sharing pictures of students in their uniform on a Russian website without permission of the school or parents between 2007 and 2017
A TRA panel recommended a ban, after finding his actions ‘may bring the profession into disrepute’, despite the fact that police were unable to press charges as no criminal laws had been broken.
Despite the ban on Birkett to teach at any school, sixth form college, relevant youth accommodation or children’s home in England, he has been employed by Lancaster University since 2019, The Tab has revealed.
The University has said it is satisfied there are no safeguarding concerns with him teaching undergraduate students.
The University has said it is satisfied there are no safeguarding concerns with him teaching undergraduate students.
According to a statement from the University, Birkett is working as a Graduate Teaching Assistant as part of his PhD studies
According to a statement from the University, Birkett is working as a Graduate Teaching Assistant as part of his PhD studies.
His online profile on the University’s website shows that he is working in the History Department.
‘His appointment has been fully investigated in consultation with the Department for Education and General Teaching Council and we are satisfied that there are no safeguarding concerns with him teaching undergraduate students,’ the University said in a statement.
