North East teacher banned: correction over pupil status
Teacher ban correction: pupil was former student

A clarification has been issued regarding a previously published article about a North East teacher banned from the profession.

Correction to original report

In an article published on 23 January 2026, it was reported that a teacher had been banned after sending inappropriate emails to a pupil and had applied to return to the profession.

The 16-year-old female pupil was in fact a former pupil at the school where Mr Walker worked.

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Article amended

The clarification confirms the article has been amended accordingly and can be found via the original source.

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