A cover teacher who flirted with students on Snapchat has been banned from the profession. Alessio Pimpinelli taught at The Judd School in Tonbridge between November 2021 and May 2022. Concerns were first raised about the 30-year-old by a member of staff in April 2022 when he began having improper conversations with pupils via the app. A teacher misconduct panel hearing, held last month, was told how the teacher had exchanged messages of an inappropriate and sexual nature with one or more pupil on Snapchat. He was described as being “quite flirtatious”. Screenshots between the teacher and a pu…
