A former primary school headteacher who once won a UK teacher of the year award has been banned from teaching indefinitely after bullying her own staff. Mahzia ‘Pepe’ Hart was found to have bullied pregnant teachers and mocked staff.
Mrs Hart resigned from her role at a Somerset school in 2015 after what she said was a “vile, toxic and damaging social media campaign” against her. Just eight years before she had received the Pride of Britain Teacher of the Year award.
During her ten-year spell at Trinity CofE Primary School, in Radstock, the school achieved the Princess Diana anti-bullying award. But the Teaching Regulation Authority (TRA) found that she had bullied pregnant teachers, intimidated, mocked and made inappropriate comments about members of staff, and told them not to take sick days or be friends with each other, reports Somerset Live.
