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| Teacher banned for claiming extra cash for school trips | Teacher banned for claiming extra cash for school trips |
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| A languages teacher found to have claimed extra cash from parents for school trips has been banned from the classroom. | |
| David Malengela, 41, had responsibility for organising overseas trips at St Peter's School in Huntingdon. | David Malengela, 41, had responsibility for organising overseas trips at St Peter's School in Huntingdon. |
| The disciplinary hearing was told he asked parents for additional "behaviour deposits" and charged pupils 20 euros each just to board the coach. | The disciplinary hearing was told he asked parents for additional "behaviour deposits" and charged pupils 20 euros each just to board the coach. |
| A misconduct panel said his actions were "calculated and deliberate". | |
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| The Teaching Regulation Agency's professional conduct panel was told Congolese Mr Malengela planned three residential trips for the 2017 summer term. | The Teaching Regulation Agency's professional conduct panel was told Congolese Mr Malengela planned three residential trips for the 2017 summer term. |
| Between February and June 2017, the school's finance team made repeated requests for pupil numbers and money, without success. | Between February and June 2017, the school's finance team made repeated requests for pupil numbers and money, without success. |
| The three-member panel was told Mr Malengela wrote to parents to say the £390 cost of a trip to Paris had gone up, citing an "additional £20 refundable behaviour deposit for the Hotel Bon-Sejour". | The three-member panel was told Mr Malengela wrote to parents to say the £390 cost of a trip to Paris had gone up, citing an "additional £20 refundable behaviour deposit for the Hotel Bon-Sejour". |
| The tour operator was unaware of the deposit, the hearing learned, and a price increase had not been agreed by the school. | The tour operator was unaware of the deposit, the hearing learned, and a price increase had not been agreed by the school. |
| Parents were also asked for an additional payment of 20 euros "to be paid to him personally as the children boarded the coach on departure". | Parents were also asked for an additional payment of 20 euros "to be paid to him personally as the children boarded the coach on departure". |
| 'Serious irregularities' | 'Serious irregularities' |
| At a briefing session, he also asked families for a security deposit of 25 euros and money to attend a science museum, the panel found. | At a briefing session, he also asked families for a security deposit of 25 euros and money to attend a science museum, the panel found. |
| In its concluding report, the panel said a "subsequent disciplinary investigation by the school alleged serious irregularities in the administration of the trips". | In its concluding report, the panel said a "subsequent disciplinary investigation by the school alleged serious irregularities in the administration of the trips". |
| Mr Malengela resigned in May 2017. The total amount of money he received was not revealed. | Mr Malengela resigned in May 2017. The total amount of money he received was not revealed. |
| The panel concluded the teacher's conduct "fell short of the expected standards of the profession" and "the offence of fraud is relevant". | The panel concluded the teacher's conduct "fell short of the expected standards of the profession" and "the offence of fraud is relevant". |
| He was banned from teaching in any school, sixth form college or children's home in England indefinitely. | He was banned from teaching in any school, sixth form college or children's home in England indefinitely. |
| Mr Malengela has 28 days to appeal. | Mr Malengela has 28 days to appeal. |