Teacher Found Dishonest After Calling in Sick While Working at Another School

Overview

• A Teacher Misconduct Panel concluded in June 2026 that Nadeem Ahmed deliberately misled his Leeds employer by reporting himself unfit for work while he was teaching full time at Bradford Academy.
• The overlap occurred after Ahmed resigned from Bishop Young CE Academy but remained contracted there, and he began at Bradford Academy on August 29, 2023 before reporting sickness between September 4 and September 25, 2023.
• Ahmed submitted Statements of Fitness for Work claiming he was unfit because of work-related stress; the panel found those medical certificates did not distinguish between his two roles and were used to conceal his new employment.
• The situation was exposed after staff at both schools compared notes, Bradford Academy suspended Ahmed on September 27, 2023, and the panel found his conduct dishonest and a serious breach of professional standards.
• The panel and the Secretary of State declined to impose a prohibition order, citing Ahmed’s admissions, evidence of stress, testimony about his positive impact on pupils, and a low assessed risk of recurrence, while publication of the findings serves as the sanction.