A South West London teacher who tried to take photos inside some female changing rooms has been banned from the classroom indefinitely.

Christopher Arnold, 40, was convicted of a voyeurism offence and placed on the Sex Offenders Register for five years in 2022 after holding up his phone camera to the window of some changing rooms, but maintains he did not actually manage to photograph anyone.

The Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) has now ruled Mr Arnold's behaviour "fundamentally breached the standard of conduct expected of a teacher ". The panel found that public confidence in the profession "could be seriously weakened if conduct such as that found against Mr Arnold was not treated with the utmost seriousness".

A hearing held by the TRA on August 1, 2025 was told that Mr Arnold ha

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