Struck off, but not for ever

28th March 2003, 12:00am
JANE KERSHAW was the first teacher to be struck off when she was banned from the classroom for two years after being found drinking vodka and Lilt at Merley first school, Wimborne, Dorset, where she was deputy head. She will have to reapply.

JOHN COLE, a maths and religious studies teacher at the Grange school, Shrewsbury, was banned for two years after swearing at pupils. He will also have to reapply.

MARK LAMB, a business studies teacher at St Peter’s school, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, received a two-year suspension after admitting altering pupils’ GCSE coursework. He will be reinstated automatically to the register after two years.