Education and Skills written question – answered at on 20 January 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether the (a) head teacher and (b) governing body of Hebburn Comprehensive School on Tyneside knew that before his appointment William Gibson had a conviction for indecently assaulting a girl of 15 years of age and a conviction for fraud, forgery and theft.
We understand that the head teacher at St. Joseph's school in Hebburn was not aware of Mr. Gibson's convictions when he started work as a supply teacher, but that a subsequent Criminal Records Bureau check provided information about all his convictions, which led to Mr. Gibson leaving the school. We do not know whether the governing body was aware of Mr. Gibson's convictions before his appointment.
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