Coleg Sir Gar, Ammanford Picture: Google Maps A college lecturer told a pupil she could spend the night at his home if she agreed to carry out work at the property, a fitness to practise committee has been told. Mark Jones, who taught the teenager on his introductory painting and decorating course, is accused of repeatedly contacting her on his personal phone, giving her gifts, and completing a college exam paper in her name. The girl – referred to as Learner A – told staff at Coleg Sir Gar in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, that Mr Jones was once stood so close behind her while demonstrating a painting technique that she felt him breathing on her neck, the committee heard.
Presenting officer Sara Lewis told the remote hearing that in September 2019 the girl alleged to staff that Mr Jones had offered her £100 to complete a decorating job at his house and said she could stay overnight in a spare room. Sarah Hopkins, who carried out the college’s internal investigation, said: “It was not appropriate for Mark Jones to offer her paid work at his home or to stay overnight. This behaviour compromised his professional responsibilities.” The girl described Mr Jones as being “over-friendly with her”, and said he had told her over text during the final two weeks of college that he had completed an examination on her behalf.
College lecturer forged exam papers of three pupils, hearing told
Painting and decorating course tutor Mark Jones also allegedly told a female pupil she could stay the night at his house if she carried out work on the property, an Education Workforce Council hearing was told
17:17, 11 MAY 2021
Mark Jones denies unacceptable professional conduct while running a painting and decorating course at Coleg Sir Gar in Ammanford (Image: Google)
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