Would a teacher who is convicted of drink driving lose their job?

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If someone is convicted of drink driving and they are a teacher would they be sacked from their job?

This has nothing to do with me or anyone I know personally but I read not that long ago in the local press of a teacher who was convicted of killing someone through drink driving and they were obviously and quite rightly sacked from their job but I wondered if no one had died or was injured would they still lose their job?

I work in a local council and someone had to leave after they got convicted of drink-driving. I don’t think they technically got fired but they were definitely asked to leave.

I work with Nurses & Paramedics. There are numerous cases of driving bans due to drunk driving amongst the large team I work with. (I’m required to know the details as the responsible officer for the organisation.) I’m not aware of any of them losing their jobs - except one, who was given a custodial sentence.
Therefore, I’d assume that it would be similar with teachers.

Hikingforacenery Thank you, certainly makes interesting reading.

Cheese Tiger As I said I'm not a teacher.

Witchcraft - don't you line manage teachers though? How can you do that without knowing what the teaching standards are?

I qualified before 2012 and we had standards then, in a different form. Line managing teachers without even knowing about the standards is ludicrous, frankly.

@CheeseTiger

I qualified before 2012 and we had standards then, in a different form. Line managing teachers without even knowing about the standards is ludicrous, frankly.

Optional though. Piloted from about 2006

@CheeseTiger

I qualified before 2012 and we had standards then, in a different form. Line managing teachers without even knowing about the standards is ludicrous, frankly.

I work in a college so not 100% sure but I believe a head of year is responsible for pastoral support of, and behavioural management of, that year group of students, they don’t line manage teachers

Even then, those teaching standards are pretty vague with regards to the subject in question (drink driving) as it would fall under ethics

I wasn’t convicted of drunk driving but something similar and I lost my teaching position, although I was forced to resign.

I feel this is beginning to derail the thread, but yes I line manage teachers in a pastoral element and in the delivery of a personal development programme. Their subject heads manage them in their teaching of their subject.

What about being caught on the way to school ?
Pretty sure this is what has happened to by exh but he won't admit anything .

This is the likely outcome. And once out of prison, they would find it hard to get another teaching job. However, if they are just convicted of drink driving, with a fine and a year’s ban, there is no reason for them to lose their job.

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