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Bournemouth Teacher Banned Indefinitely Over Discriminatory Classroom Remarks

The TRA imposed the prohibition after finding his admitted comments targeted pupils, reinforced stereotypes, caused distress, outside lesson materials.

Overview

  • Alex Lloyd, formerly head of sixth form and a science teacher at The Bishop of Winchester Academy, admitted the allegations in a statement of agreed facts in June 2024.
  • Panel chair Sarah Buxcey ruled he cannot teach in any school, sixth form college, relevant youth accommodation or children’s home in England.
  • Pupils reported he said “imagine this was your mum being killed,” linked honour killings and female genital mutilation to their culture, and told a girl she would have been killed in Iran for her outfit, leaving students distraught.
  • The panel concluded his remarks targeted specific pupils, reinforced discriminatory stereotypes, fell outside approved teaching materials, and showed no evidence of remorse as he sought to justify them as factual.
  • The prohibition cannot be reviewed until October 2029 at the earliest, and the school said it supports the TRA decision and that Lloyd is no longer employed.