Primary school teacher banned from the classroom after causing pupil to hit head and lying to his parents about it
A primary school teacher has been banned from the classroom after causing a student to hit their head and subsequently lying to the student's parents about the incident. Daniel Whitley, who worked at Beaver Road Primary School, was found to have acted dishonestly and showed little remorse. The incident involved a backdated accident report that misrepresented how the injury occurred.
- ▪Daniel Whitley caused a student to bump their head by catching his foot on a chair.
- ▪He lied to the student's parents about the incident during a parents evening.
- ▪Whitley forged an accident report slip and backdated it to mislead the parents.
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NewsUKHome NewsPrimary school teacher banned from the classroom after causing pupil to hit head and lying to his parents about itMr Whitley had started working at the school approximately six months prior to the incident which got him banned from teachingBryony Gooch Thursday 21 May 2026 18:55 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2981351","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/teacher-ban-pupil-hit-head-lie-parents-b2981351.html","title":"Teacher banned from the classroom after lying to pupil’s parents about…
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