A married drama teacher has been banned from teaching for life after having a sexual relationship with a former pupil. Robin Kyne, 54, was a teacher and later assistant principal at Regent College in Leicester from 2004 to 2010.
A Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) disciplinary panel heard that Kyne engaged in an inappropriate relationship with Pupil A between 2005 and 2007. The panel reviewed 467 pages of Facebook messages in which Kyne made sexual comments and initiated graphic conversations.
The panel found that Kyne failed to maintain professional boundaries and engaged in inappropriate physical contact. He also asked the vulnerable pupil to buy and transport drugs for him between September and December 2007.
Kyne did not deny the relationship but claimed it began seven months after the pupil left the college. The panel ruled his conduct was sexually motivated and amounted to exploitation of trust.
