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"A teacher has been banned from the profession after sending sexual messages to a pupil to the point where they had felt too uncomfortable to attend school. Andrew Bennington had taught at Scarborough Sixth Form College since September 2013, and began contacting the then-pupil in January 2024 by sending them a wink on an app designed to build romantic or sexual connections between adults."
"As a result, the pupil had not attended college on the following Monday as it had felt strange. On another occasion, when Mr Bennington, 52, was just a few feet away from Pupil A, he sent them another message on the same site. The pupil subsequently blocked him on the app. Between November and December 2024, Mr Bennington also sent messages on Facebook saying I've my iPad for general internet porn and inviting Pupil A to the pub for drinks."
The Independent seeks donations to fund on-the-ground journalism without paywalls. Andrew Bennington, 52, taught at Scarborough Sixth Form College from September 2013. He began contacting a pupil in January 2024 via a dating app, sending winks and messages that left the pupil too uncomfortable to attend school. While a few feet away he messaged again and the pupil blocked him. Between November and December 2024 he messaged on Facebook about internet porn, invited the pupil for drinks, asked about their age and sent a social-media profile picture. In January 2025 the school was alerted, an internal investigation began, Bennington resigned and was referred to the Teaching Regulation Agency.
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