Parents have spoken out after it was revealed a headteacher who attempted to hide multiple drink driving arrests from her employer. Sally Stafford, 46, is the former headteacher of Dalestorth Primary School in Sutton in Ashfield, where she had reportedly also been seen drinking in her office before a school disco and failed to attend a school trip due to her drinking.
These incidents were set out before a professional conduct panel in November. It was explained how Ms Stafford was arrested for drink driving on May 9, 2019 and later on August 30, 2019, after which she received a six month driving ban, a £969 fine and ordered to pay £300 in costs.
The headteacher was then arrested on December 11, 2019 for drink driving and driving whilst disqualified, which resulted in a suspended sentence and an alcohol treatment order. The professional conduct panel heard Ms Stafford admit that she had not told an appeal hearing in 2020 about these offences, a hearing whilst re-instated her following a dismissal in November 2019 after staff members raised concerns about her drinking.
