- Alexandra Slay, a maths teacher at Epsom and Ewell High School, has been indefinitely banned from teaching for inappropriate conduct with pupils.
- She sent thousands of emails and handwritten letters and gave out her personal phone number to pupils between 2020 and 2023.
- Ms Slay fabricated stories about being in the Australian army and in some of the messages, claimed to have been shot in a war zone and severely injured.
- The communications were deemed deeply inappropriate and unprofessional, encouraging secrecy and discussing personal and intimate matters.
- A professional conduct panel found a significant breach of boundaries, leading to an inappropriate teacher-pupil relationship; Ms Slay cannot apply to teach again until April 2028.
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Maths teacher who lied to pupils about being shot in war zone banned from the classroom
