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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rebecca Whittaker

PE teacher called child ‘babe’ and sent topless Snapchat pictures to student

A PE teacher who asked a pupil if they were wearing a ‘lucky thong’ and sent topless pictures to another has been banned from teaching indefinitely.

Joshua Roper, who was the head of PE at Sheringham Community Primary School in Norfolk, was accused of sending inappropriate messages, touching a child’s bottom and referring to one child as “babe”.

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