Primary school teacher, 34, called student a BRAT before dragging another kid from the classroom & banging head on door

A PRIMARY school teacher branded a pupil a “brat” and banged another’s head on a door while dragging them from a classroom. Corinne Culver, 34, also pulled a girl by the hand so savagely her feet left the ground while teaching at Tiger Primary in Maidstone, Kent. On another occasion she lifted the same pupil […]

A PRIMARY school teacher branded a pupil a “brat” and banged another’s head on a door while dragging them from a classroom.

Corinne Culver, 34, also pulled a girl by the hand so savagely her feet left the ground while teaching at Tiger Primary in Maidstone, Kent.

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Corinne Culver has been banned from teaching[/caption]

On another occasion she lifted the same pupil up by placing both her arms around her chest from behind and yanked a boy from the bathroom by the wrist.

Culver was also heard making comments such as “Get her away from me,” “I’ve had enough,” and “She’s been a right brat.”

She has now been banned from teaching by the Teaching Regulation Authority following a hearing.

The panel upheld allegations Culver used inappropriate force against the pupils between November 2018 and February 2019.

They heard how Culver taught pupils aged between four and five in reception at the school.

One staff member recalled how she entered a classroom to find the teacher using a “tight and forceful” grip on a youngster’s wrist.

She said the child’s feet were not touching the floor during the horror incident.

Another colleague told the hearing she pulled a pupil screaming from the toilets.

The panel found there were no extenuating circumstances such as an immediate risk to health that justified such use of force.

They banned Culver from teaching indefinitely and she cannot apply for the ban to be lifted for at least two years.

Hayley King, the head teacher at Tiger Primary, said: “We were shocked and distressed when these incidents were reported.

She said: “After several years at the school as a teaching assistant, Ms Culver had been moving successfully towards a full teaching qualification and there were no previous concerns about her conduct.

“However, the school took the appropriate action and suspended Ms Culver when the incidents were reported by members of staff.

“Her actions cannot be condoned, even in a challenging situation.

“The school followed the correct procedures, now confirmed by the ban imposed by the Teaching Regulation Authority.”

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Culver taught at Tiger Primary in Maidstone[/caption]