Mrs Woolfenden cannot teach for at least three years after admitting smuggling vodka onto school premises and drinking it with orange juice during a lunch break
A primary school headteacher has been struck off for drinking vodka with orange juice during her lunch break.
Jane Woolfenden, 55, admitted smuggling a bottle of vodka in her handbag from her car boot and bringing it inside Lyndhurst Community Primary School in Dukinfield, Greater Manchester, in July 2018.
A colleague said they saw the bottle of alcohol after accidentally knocking her bag over.
At a recent conduct hearing, Mrs Woolfenden, who was well-respected among her peers for her humility and honesty , was banned from teaching at all schools, sixth form colleges, youth accommodation and children s homes in England.
Ex-primary school headteacher banned from classroom after drinking vodka and orange during break
Updated: 19 May 2021, 11:11
A WELL-RESPECTED headteacher who smuggled vodka into school in her handbag and swigged it during the lunchbreak has been struck off.
Jane Woolfenden hid the bottle of vodka in the boot of her car before bringing it into the school in Tameside, Greater Manchester.
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Headteacher Jane Woolfenden has been banned from the classroom after she admitted drinking vodka on her lunchbreakCredit: MEN Media
But a colleague at Lyndhurst Community Primary School in Dukinfield spotted the bottle after knocking the bag over.
And Mrs Woolfenden then admitted drinking the spirit with orange juice during the lunch break, Manchester Evening News reports.