pupil
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The panel found the teacher's conduct "involved serious and repeated failures to maintain proper professional boundaries with a pupil and a failure to act in accordance with safeguarding expectations, requirements and responsibilities".
From BBC • May 16, 2026
Lewis Waters, a sixth-form pupil at The Henley College, died earlier this week.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
Heading into the second exam paper after an hour's break, the pupil said she was stressed because of how badly the first paper had gone.
From BBC • May 11, 2026
In 2023, teachers at the island's secondary school went on strike over concerns about their safety, because of poor pupil behaviour.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
Tatterfell gives me an approving nod, her eyes like two wet beads of jet, neither pupil nor iris visible.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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