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Three East London teachers were caught paying pupils to help mark school work and ease their heavy workload.

Faisal Iqbal, Inderjeet Panesar and Reiss Joseph worked at Oaks Park High School in Ilford and were investigated after allegations first emerged.

Three pupils marked work for Mr Iqbal, Mr Panesar and science teacher Mr Joseph.

A fourth pupil was also found to be marking work for Mr Panesar. They were given marking schemes to help complete the work.

The assessment papers were internal and not used for external purposes, and investigation found.

Evidence revealed pupils marked papers for a range of year groups including year 13, year 12, year 11, year 10, year 8 and year 7.

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