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| Bristol's Clifton College 'should have identified sex offender' | Bristol's Clifton College 'should have identified sex offender' |
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| A private school should have identified a teacher's inappropriate behaviour earlier, a report has found. | A private school should have identified a teacher's inappropriate behaviour earlier, a report has found. |
| Jonathan Thomson-Glover was jailed for three years and nine months after admitting sex offences involving young boys at Bristol's Clifton College. | Jonathan Thomson-Glover was jailed for three years and nine months after admitting sex offences involving young boys at Bristol's Clifton College. |
| He was convicted of making, taking and possessing hundreds of indecent images of children and sexually abusing boys. | He was convicted of making, taking and possessing hundreds of indecent images of children and sexually abusing boys. |
| An independent report said signs of inappropriate behaviour should have been picked up earlier. | An independent report said signs of inappropriate behaviour should have been picked up earlier. |
| Parent complaints | Parent complaints |
| Thomson-Glover, 54, who taught German and was a housemaster, secretly filmed more than 120 boys - aged between 12 and 17 - over a 16-year period at the college. | Thomson-Glover, 54, who taught German and was a housemaster, secretly filmed more than 120 boys - aged between 12 and 17 - over a 16-year period at the college. |
| The school-commissioned report found several incidents which could have indicated he was unsuitable to work with children were not investigated, and staff were not sufficiently aware of safeguarding issues. | The school-commissioned report found several incidents which could have indicated he was unsuitable to work with children were not investigated, and staff were not sufficiently aware of safeguarding issues. |
| When parents complained, letters and notes of meetings were not placed on his personnel file, a note of disciplinary action was lost, and each incident was considered in isolation rather than the bigger picture. | When parents complained, letters and notes of meetings were not placed on his personnel file, a note of disciplinary action was lost, and each incident was considered in isolation rather than the bigger picture. |
| Thomson-Glover pleaded guilty to 36 counts of making, taking and possessing indecent images of children. | Thomson-Glover pleaded guilty to 36 counts of making, taking and possessing indecent images of children. |
| Earlier this year he was also convicted of sexually abusing young boys at his holiday home in Cornwall, and was given an additional six month prison sentence. | Earlier this year he was also convicted of sexually abusing young boys at his holiday home in Cornwall, and was given an additional six month prison sentence. |
| The abuse took place at some point between 1987 and 1992, probably when the boys were about 12-years-old. | |
| The report into the school's handling of allegations against Thomson-Glover was commissioned by the school after some parents said they had raised concerns about him but little was done. | The report into the school's handling of allegations against Thomson-Glover was commissioned by the school after some parents said they had raised concerns about him but little was done. |
| The college has apologised and said it has made changes to its staff training, complaints procedure and the way it logs and shares child protection information. | The college has apologised and said it has made changes to its staff training, complaints procedure and the way it logs and shares child protection information. |
| 'Serial sex offender' | |
| In a letter sent to parents it said "how deeply sorry" it was for the "exploitative and criminal behaviour" of its former teacher. | In a letter sent to parents it said "how deeply sorry" it was for the "exploitative and criminal behaviour" of its former teacher. |
| An NSPCC spokesperson said the report was "deeply concerning" and highlighted "how Thomson-Glover was able to abuse a position of trust over many years without action being taken". | |
| "He was a serial sex offender, responsible for dozens of offences and with no regard for the consequences of his actions on his victims. | |
| "It's crucial that schools are a place of safety for children any allegations of abuse are taken seriously and fully investigated." |