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A former teacher who sent inappropriate messages to a youngster saying "I was horny," and "you gay yet?" has been banned from the profession. Lianne Barclay, 43, was employed at a high school when alarm bells were raised about her conduct towards a child. ‌

A Teacher Regulation Agency (TRA) tribunal, which met last month, heard that Miss Barclay, who had worked as a food technology instructor at the school since 2017 and resigned whilst facing scrutiny in 2019, had been caught sending texts and voice messages - plus making phone calls - to a youngster who wasn't a pupil at her school. ‌

Multiple messages - sent between roughly March and July 2019 - were deemed sexual in character, delving into elements of Miss Barclay's and the child's sexuality. The Liverpool Ech

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