A TEACHER who worked at two local schools has been declared ‘unfit’ for the profession and struck off.

John Campbell had initially taught at Moorfoot Primary in Gourock but had to be moved to another school by his council bosses.

He reported concerns he had regarding child protection matters — which the council investigated — and ended up the subject of disciplinary proceedings as a result of his conduct.

A decision was taken to move him to King’s Oak Primary in Greenock’s east end but he failed to turn up for work.

A General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) hearing held over three dates in June and July saw a panel consider a number of allegations against him relating to the period from December 2014 to April 2015.

The panel has upheld a number of those allegations, including that he failed to report for duty at King’s Oak.

It was also established that Mr Campbell had gone to the home address of a councillor to discuss a complaint about work-related matters which referred to confidential issues relating to other members of staff.

He sent an email to all councillors about the complaint and work-related issues, referring to confidential items, other named members of staff and using emotive language and making unsubstantiated claims.

It had also been alleged that in February 2015 he lied to the acting head at Moorfoot by stating he had been in touch with the parent council when he knew he had not and was ‘dishonest by deliberately misleading the acting head teacher’.

This allegation was found ‘not proved’ due to insufficient evidence.

The panel upheld that he had sent an email to management — referring to an alleged assault on a pupil — which was ‘unprofessional, disrespectful, harassing and threatening’ and also found that Mr Campbell had later been obstructive at a disciplinary hearing in April 2015.

The GTCS says Mr Campbell — who had provided an address in Colombia and asked the authorities to send all correspondence there — did not attend its hearing, made no formal admissions about the allegations and provided no explanation for his absence.

In their published findings, the panel said Mr Campbell ‘had ignored direction and instruction’, ‘acted outwith his employer’s codes of conduct’ and that the council had been reasonable in deciding to move him to another school.

Their report added: “It appeared to the panel that the local situation at his school had been a difficult one. 

“That difficult situation had been made worse by the teacher’s belligerence.

“The evidence presented to the panel demonstrated that the teacher was not working in a collegiate manner and that he demonstrated a lack of respect towards colleagues.

“The individual allegations themselves were serious and more so in combination.”

Their report added: “The panel found that the teacher’s conduct fell significantly short of the standards expected of a registered teacher and that he was unfit to teach.

“The panel found that the teacher had not demonstrated any insight into his behaviour, had not demonstrated any remorse nor had he demonstrated any remediation.”

Mr Campbell, who is barred from making an application for re-registration for two years, has the right to appeal to the Court of Session against the panel’s findings.

A spokesman for Inverclyde Council told the Telegraph: “Mr Campbell’s behaviour towards his colleagues was considered to have breached the council’s code of conduct. 

“It was because of this that the council took appropriate disciplinary action. 

“The General Teaching Council for Scotland has now reviewed all of the evidence from that and evidence from Mr Campbell.

“They have found that his behaviour fell significantly short of the standards expected and that he is unfit to teach.”