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He was a teacher at The Abbey School in Faversham<\/p>\nA teacher who took pictures of his genitalia at work during the school day has been banned from the profession for life.<\/p>\n
A misconduct panel found Benjamin Lillicrap, a science teacher at The Abbey School in Faversham, engaged in \u201csexually motivated\u201d behaviour while on duty.<\/p>\n
He was a teacher at The Abbey School in Faversham<\/p>\n
The panel heard he took multiple genital pictures while at work during school hours between July 2023, when he started, and November 2023, when he was suspended.<\/p>\n
The images came to light during a police investigation into an unrelated matter, where \u201cimages of him taking what are commonly called \u2018d**k pics\u2019\u201d were uncovered.<\/p>\n
Mr Lillicrap, now 41, later admitted taking the photos, attempting to remedy the situation by saying they were intended for a private recipient and that no pupils were present at the time.<\/p>\n
He told investigators: \u201cIt was never anything that was meant to come to light.\u201d<\/p>\n
It was alleged there were \u201cupwards of five or six\u201d images all taken within the school, including his office.<\/p>\n
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A misconduct panel found Benjamin Lillicrap engaged in \u201csexually motivated\u201d behaviour while on duty. Picture: Google<\/p>\n
Mr Lillicrap was dismissed for gross misconduct in February 2024.<\/p>\n
While no criminal charges were brought, a Teaching Regulation Agency panel concluded his actions amounted to unacceptable professional conduct and brought the profession into disrepute.<\/p>\n
The report found his behaviour was \u201cof a sexual nature\u201d and driven by sexual motivation, adding there was \u201cno plausible innocent explanation\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cMr Lillicrap, when taking images of his genitalia on school premises…was wrongly focused on his own sexual gratification rather than on his teaching responsibilities,\u201d said the panel.<\/p>\n
\u201cMr Lillicrap\u2019s behaviour showed no regard to safeguarding of students, or the potential risk of students, colleagues and\/or members of the public finding him taking images of his genitalia when on school premises.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was not an appropriate way for a teacher to behave, and he failed to observe the boundaries appropriate to his role as a teacher.\u201d<\/p>\n
It concluded his actions \u201cfell significantly short of the standards expected of the profession\u201d and would \u201csignificantly damage the public\u2019s perception of teachers\u201d.<\/p>\n
Concerns were also raised about safeguarding, warning Mr Lillicrap\u2019s actions risked exposing pupils, colleagues or members of the public to inappropriate behaviour.<\/p>\n
Investigators further noted similar images had been taken at previous schools, suggesting a pattern of conduct and a risk it could be repeated.<\/p>\n
The panel said Mr Lillicrap had shown some remorse, but found this did not outweigh the seriousness of the case.<\/p>\n
A prohibition order was recommended and later imposed on behalf of the Secretary of State.<\/p>\n
It means he is barred from teaching indefinitely and cannot apply to return to the classroom.<\/p>\n
The decision states the misconduct was \u201cat the more serious end of the spectrum\u201d and that a lifetime ban was necessary to maintain public confidence in the profession.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A teacher who took pictures of his genitalia at work during the school day has been banned from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16571,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1537,529,309,5,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-16570","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"tag-faversham","9":"tag-human-interest","10":"tag-kent","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116425324446830704","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}