A primary school teacher who snorted cocaine in front of shocked colleagues on a staff night out has been barred from the profession.
Lottie Littlehales, 34, also turned up to the school, where she worked as a PE and dance teacher, smelling of alcohol on another occasion.
Now she’s been banned from teaching indefinitely after she was dobbed in by fellow members of staff.
Ms Littlehales was working at Temple Meadow Primary School in Cradley Heath, West Midlands, when she purchased the class A drug.
A disciplinary hearing was told she and a colleague's son snuck off to meet a dealer in July 2019 while out drinking with other teachers.
She was reported to bosses and was suspended pending an investigation before she resigned later that year.
Ms Littlehales has now been found guilty of unacceptable professional conduct by a Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) but can appeal the ban in three years.
The panel was told Ms Littelhales began working at the school in September 2018 but failed to disclose to bosses her drink and drug problems.
She attended a work gathering on July 26, 2019, during which she "procured, possessed and consumed a class A drug".
In October that year, she also worked while smelling of alcohol after telling colleagues she was "not having a good day."
She later admitted to bosses she had a drink problem but claimed her drug use was just a "one off"
Two drug and alcohol tests came back negative but she later admitted using cocaine and resigned in November 2019.
Chair of the panel John Martin said: "The panel was satisfied that the conduct of Ms Littlehales involved breaches of the Teachers' Standards.
"The panel was satisfied that the conduct of Ms Littlehales fell significantly short of the standards expected of the profession.
"We concluded that possession of a class A drug was serious and would be likely to have a negative impact on Ms Littlehales' status as a teacher, potentially damaging the public perception of the profession.
"The panel noted Ms Littlehales' assertion that the circumstances surrounding allegation 1 was a 'one off'.
"However, further evidence presented did not corroborate this i.e. the reference to 'my dealer' and her reference to damage caused to her nose from previous drug use.
"The panel found that Ms Littlehales had not been honest with her employer regarding her drug and alcohol use from the outset, and later admitted to such use.
"This is a significant departure from the high standards of behaviour of personal and professional conduct expected of a teacher.
"Accordingly, the panel was satisfied that Ms Littlehales was guilty of unacceptable professional conduct."
She was issued with a prohibition order by the panel in order to "protect pupils and maintain public confidence in the profession."
