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Teaching Watchdog Imposes Lifetime Ban on Ex-St George’s Housemistress Over Sex Offences With Boy

The TRA said her actions breached core standards, posing significant child-protection risks.

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Boarding fees at St George’s School, which educated Princess Beatrice, are more than £55,000 a year
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Overview

  • Decision-maker Stuart Blomfield prohibited Beverley Jane Dunnage from teaching indefinitely in England with no right to apply for restoration.
  • She may appeal to the High Court within 28 days of the order being served, according to the TRA decision notice.
  • Dunnage was convicted at Taunton Crown Court on July 25, 2024, of two counts of sexual activity with a child and was sentenced to 45 months in prison.
  • The offending occurred on May 31, 2024, after she drank alcohol with the boy; a witness filmed and photographed the incident, which took place off school grounds.
  • At the time, she was Head of Year 8 and a boarding housemistress at St George’s School, Ascot; the panel cited a lack of full insight, a risk of repetition, and noted prior good character and her claim of distress and counselling.