Teacher who humped cutout of the Pope in classroom video and also messaged pupil 300 times on Facebook allowed to carry on teaching
A hearing said the messages to the pupil were not sexual - and police did not pursue a criminal investigation
The teacher said using the cardboard cut-out had been a misguided joke (Image: Getty Images)
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Teacher denies thrusting with cutout of the Pope during classroom Harlem Shake, claiming he was dad dancing
Andrew Jones said the unplanned charity video went horribly wrong after pupils used religious items and equipment used for sex education classes
The video involved a cardboard cut-out of Pope Benedict XVI (Image: Getty Images)
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Teacher simulated sexual actions with cutout of the Pope during classroom Harlem Shake video, hearing told
Andrew Jones is also accused of sending around 300 messages to a pupil at the secondary school - although those messages were not sexual
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Caldicot School when it opened in 2017 (Image: Matthew Horwood)
A religious studies teacher is accused of inappropriate behaviour involving a life-size cutout of the Pope in a Harlem Shake video, a hearing has heard.
Former head of religious studies Andrew Phillip Jones is reported to have simulated sexualised actions in the video alongside pupils using model penises during their version of the internet craze at Caldicot School in 2013.