Julie and David Morris admitted the depraved acts in court (Picture: Liverpool Echo)
A former teacher who was jailed for raping a child whilst she was deputy head at a primary school has been banned from ever returning to the profession.
Julie Morris, now 46, was working at St George’s Central Primary School in Tyldesley, near Wigan, where she was the ‘safeguarding lead’ when she carried out the acts of ‘grave sexual depravity’ with her mechanic boyfriend.
Following her conviction and sentence, she was referred to the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA), who deals with cases of misconduct.
A three-person panel was convened to hear her case on February 19 this year. At Morris’ request, it was done without a public hearing and Morris being present.
They concluded that her actions were ‘fundamentally incompatible with her being a teacher.’
A report detailing their findings says: ‘Her conduct ran counter to what should be at the very core of the practice of a teacher with a duty of care towards children.
Julie is now banned from ever teaching again (Picture: Liverpool Echo)
‘The panel considered that Ms Morris’ behaviour in committing these offenses would undoubtedly affect public confidence in the teaching profession, particularly given the influence that teachers may have on pupils, parents and others in the community.
‘Her conduct ran counter to what should be at the very core of the practice of a teacher with a duty of care towards children.
‘The fact that Ms Morris was also the safeguarding lead at her school makes her offending all the more shocking in that, whilst the designated point of contact for welfare and safety concerns at the School, she herself was engaged in abusing a child, albeit not one at the school.’
However they also found that her offending was ‘deliberate and sustained, and there was no evidence that she was acting under duress.’ They added there was a ‘real risk of Ms Morris repeating her offending.’
Following their findings, a decision maker acting on behalf of the Secretary of State prohibited her from teaching indefinitely on February 27.
It means she cannot teach in any school, sixth form college, youth accommodation or children’s home.
David is serving time for the offences against the young girl (Picture: Liverpool Echo)
The court heard she and partner David Morris filmed themselves abusing and raping the victim, a girl under 13, in a series of videos discovered on his phone.
The teacher, wearing glasses, a face mask and a cream cable-knit jumper, was also ordered to serve a licence period of four years after her 13 year prison sentence.
David Morris was jailed for 16 years, with an extended licence period of four years, for 34 offences, including seven counts of rape and 13 counts of causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity.
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Prosecutors revealed the sick videos showed Julie Morris giggling as the abuse took place.
As well as videos and images on David Morris’s phone, officers trawled through 175,000 pages of messages between the couple, revealing sexually explicit communications.
One victim was described as ‘our little plaything’ and had a graphic group chat discussion with a target.
Julie Morris admitted the offences but claimed the victim had wanted to take part during a police interview.
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