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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Dan Haygarth

Maths teacher who lied to pupils about being shot in war zone banned from the classroom

She has been banned from teaching indefinitely - (PA)

A maths teacher who lied to pupils, saying she had been shot in a war zone and suffered serious injuries, has been banned from the classroom.

Alexandra Slay, who worked at Epsom and Ewell High School in Surrey from December 2016 until she resigned in November 2023, told pupils she was in the Australian army, and on one occasion, texted one student pretending to be another soldier and claiming she had been severely wounded.

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