Overview

• In January 2021 a probation officer informed Lark Hill Primary School that Ms Till’s partner was on the sex offenders register, prompting her suspension.
• The tribunal found that while no explicit rule required disclosure, her decision not to inform the school was a significant omission that brought the profession into disrepute.
• Ms Till, who began supply teaching at the school in January 2019, said she delayed disclosure because her partner was imprisoned and she was trying to leave the relationship.
• Despite no prior disciplinary history and assurances that pupil safety guided her conduct, the tribunal imposed an indefinite ban reviewable from July 2027.
• UK safeguarding rules require teachers to inform employers of personal ties to registered child sex offenders to protect pupil welfare.