Overview
- A Teaching Regulation Agency panel imposed an indefinite prohibition on Natalie Surr this week after finding her conduct amounted to serious professional misconduct.
- Surr admitted she had been in a year-long relationship with a registered sex offender and told the school of the relationship in June 2024 after an internal inquiry began.
- A vulnerable pupil volunteered to clear Surr’s garden on 23 September 2023, including collecting dog faeces, and was given £10 two days later.
- The panel cited Surr’s dishonesty in concealing the relationship, her poor judgement in allowing unsupervised garden work, and a failure to appreciate the potential risk to the pupil as reasons for the ban.
- The prohibition bars Surr from working in schools, sixth-form colleges, relevant youth accommodation and children’s homes in England and can be reviewed on application after three years following TRA procedures.