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| Jeremy Forrest pupil abduction: School 'failed' | Jeremy Forrest pupil abduction: School 'failed' |
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| A serious case review has criticised a school, police and a local authority after a teacher abducted and had sex with a 15-year-old pupil. | A serious case review has criticised a school, police and a local authority after a teacher abducted and had sex with a 15-year-old pupil. |
| Jeremy Forrest, 32, who taught at Bishop Bell C of E School in Eastbourne was jailed in June. | Jeremy Forrest, 32, who taught at Bishop Bell C of E School in Eastbourne was jailed in June. |
| At his trial, the court heard he groomed the girl before taking her to France in September 2012. | At his trial, the court heard he groomed the girl before taking her to France in September 2012. |
| The review found the school "repeatedly failed to see the evidence of the teacher's misconduct". | The review found the school "repeatedly failed to see the evidence of the teacher's misconduct". |
| Concerns had been raised following a school trip seven months earlier. | Concerns had been raised following a school trip seven months earlier. |
| Concerns 'repeatedly dismissed' | |
| The pair had been seen holding hands on a plane, while the girl was 14 years old. | The pair had been seen holding hands on a plane, while the girl was 14 years old. |
| In June 2012, the teacher and pupil began a sexual relationship, around the time of the girl's 15th birthday. | In June 2012, the teacher and pupil began a sexual relationship, around the time of the girl's 15th birthday. |
| The review by the East Sussex Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB), found that concerns raised by other children at the school were "repeatedly dismissed". | |
| "Agencies, and particularly the school, were too ready to dismiss the reports received from other children," the report concluded. | |
| "There was, in the school, a sort of 'default position' of intuitively supporting a colleague with a corresponding reluctance to believe that the colleague might be an abuser." | |
| The review said the school had also failed to talk to the schoolgirl "in a way that was supportive". | |
| The school received further criticism for not involving her mother, and so denying her the opportunity to assist her daughter. | |
| Sussex Police was also criticised, with the board saying initial inquiries should have been handled by the child protection team. | |
| "The subsequent interviews did not comply with procedural requirements and [the child] and her mother were not seen separately," the report said. | |
| The board said: "Children's social care services may have ended their involvement too speedily and that there were weaknesses in how agencies recorded information - in spite of guidance provided by the local authority." | |
| Cathie Pattison , chairman of the LSCB, said: "The purpose of any serious case review is to identify what lessons can be learned about the way professionals and organisations work individually and together to safeguard children. | |
| "This review has done exactly that and provides a good basis for improving practice and processes. The lessons for the school in this case are actually lessons for all schools to take note of." | |
| In June, Forrest was jailed for five and a half years for abduction and having sex with the 15-year-old pupil. |