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A teacher accused of telling a pupil over TikTok about his dreams of 'kissing her all over her body, cuddling with no clothes on and having sex with her' has been banned for life. Mark Rowley, who worked at Hazel Wood High School in Bury , was suspended in 2022.

It came amid allegations that he had exchanged text messages, emails and a TikTok video of himself with a pupil. In the video, which Mr Rowley, now aged 56, admitted to tagging the pupil in, was seen licking his lips and pouting while the song 'Laid' by James played.

In a police interview, Mr Rowley admitted to finding the pupil attractive and that some of his messages to her were flirty, but denied that they were sexual. He later told the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA): "Once she started flirting, I got sucked in

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