New photo Teacher who stole money from pupils after lying about school trip costs struck off

A teacher who stole pupils school trip money has been banned from teaching for five years.

Andrew Cowey, head of year seven at Dene Community School in Peterlee, Co Durham, lied about the true cost of school trips and pocketed the extra money for himself.

The 28-year-old has now been banned from the profession following a teaching misconduct hearing.

Andrew Cowey was the head of year seven at Dene Community School (pictured) 

The Teaching Regulation Agency, sitting today in Coventry, heard Cowey - a part-time scout leader - took money from students on trips and then attempted to cover his tracks.

Cowey said he was in debt when he took the money for himself between July 2016 and April 2017.   

Panel chair John Pemberton said: 'For some of these pupils, Mr Cowey falsely recorded these pupils as attending for free or, alternatively, benefiting from receiving funding from the Friends of Dene charity.

'Mr Cowey instead retained the money for himself.

'Mr Cowey deleted the school trip funding spreadsheets from the school's electronic systems in order to prevent others from accessing the true account as to which pupils had paid money.

'Mr Cowey also amended letters to pupils' parents regarding the cost of one of the school trips in an attempt to cover up the amount of money missing.'

Cowey was ordered in April 2017 by the school's headmaster not to take pupils' money after suspicions were raised. 

But Cowey went on to steal £170 from a pupil and then lied about why he had stolen the money.

Cowey was convicted of theft at Durham Crown Court and was sentenced to a community order and curfew requirement and made to pay £5,000 in compensation. 

After ruling Cowey from the teaching register, Mr Pemberton said: 'The panel has taken into account that Mr Cowey has expressed that he was in financial difficulty at the relevant time.

Cowey had previously pleaded guilty at Durham Crown Court (pictured) to stealing from pupils

'The panel has also taken into consideration Mr Cowey's account of the emotional difficulties he describes that he was suffering at the relevant time.'

However, the panel ruled that 'public confidence in the profession could be seriously weakened if conduct such as that found against him was not treated with the utmost seriousness.'

Mr Pemberton added: 'Mr Cowey was a teacher towards the beginning of his career and that he had admitted all of the allegations, which indicated some insight into his actions.

The teaching panel ruled that Cowey had pleaded guilty at Durham Crown Court and indicated some remorse including that he had been 'disgusted' by his own behaviour.   

Cowey cannot reapply to teach for five years. 

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