- A Year 6 teacher, Joe Wilson, faked illness to attend a friend's stag do in Portugal in May 2023, a tribunal has found.
- He informed Listerdale Junior Academy in Rotherham that he was sick for two days, but a staff member raised alarm after seeing a photo posted online of him at an airport holding a pint.
- Mr Wilson later admitted to the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) that he had falsified his sickness absence.
- To hide his trip, he removed pages from his passport, which was discovered during an investigation by the school.
- The tribunal found his actions dishonest and lacking integrity, but decided against a teaching prohibition order, instead opting to publish the findings.
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Teacher faked sick day for Portugal stag do then ripped out passport pages to hide trip
