A TAUNTON teacher has been barred from the profession after a Teaching Regulation Agency panel found he had engaged in "professional misconduct".

Daniel Usher-Clark, 47, was most recently employed as head of year at Bishop Fox’s School, Taunton  —  the school referred him to the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) for investigation. He joined the school as a supply teacher in 2018.

The TRA panel’s decision, chaired by Mr Diarmuid Bunting and published October 31, states: “The panel has made a recommendation to the Secretary of State that Mr Daniel Usher-Clark should be the subject of a prohibition order, with a review period of five years.”

It continued: “The panel finds that the conduct of Mr Usher-Clark fell significantly short of the standards expected of the profession.”

Mr Usher-Clark qualified as a teacher and took up his first teaching post at The King Alfred School, Highbridge, in 2002.

The former teacher was employed by Castle School, Taunton, between 2006 and 2014, as head of house and head of subject.

As a result of the TRA’s professional conduct panel outcome, Mr Usher-Clark is prohibited from teaching indefinitely and cannot teach in any school, sixth-form college, relevant youth accommodation or children’s home in England.

The former teacher may apply for the prohibition order to be set aside, but not until 2029.