An award-winning headteacher has been banned from the profession for at least two years after a standards panel found her guilty of bullying, intimidating and mocking staff.
Mahzia ‘Pepe’ Hart won several national awards as headteacher of Trinity Church School in Radstock, Somerset, before her resignation in 2015 after allegations first hit the headlines.
A Teaching Regulation Agency panel ruled that she had bullied staff over their maternity rights and job references, and said sickness was not acceptable. It found she also mimicked and made inappropriate comments about colleagues.
Some 25 specific allegations against her were found “not proved” however, and the TRA’s published judgement said 11 others were withdrawn by regulators before the verdict.
The former head said in a statement she continued to “strongly refute” the claims against her, vowing to appeal some TRA findings and set “matters straight” at a separate High Court case next year.
