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Nursery head banned from teaching after force feeding
By Laura Marcus,
Nursery World,
1 May 2008
A Birmingham nursery school headteacher who force-fed children in her care was banned from teaching last week.
Patricia Ann Baynes, head of Bordesley Green East Nursery School for 23 years, was found guilty of unacceptable professional conduct by a committee of the General Teaching Council (GTC). During the tribunal, she was accused of force-feeding, assaulting and unfairly punishing children in the nursery school (News, 20 March). The GTC stated in their announced decision, 'We are satisfied that these incidents did occur and we find that they constituted assaults on these very young pupils, aged three to four.' Mrs Baynes was found guilty of assault in relation...
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