A teacher has been barred from the profession indefinitely after a misconduct hearing found he touched a pupil in a sexual manner.

Noadswood School teacher Stephen Kenyon, of Dibden Purlieu, was two years ago cleared of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old pupil in the middle of a lesson.

But now the Teaching Regulation Agency has issued its ruling banning him after finding he touched several pupils inappropriately.

A hearing considered allegations that Mr Kenyon touched a pupil in an appropriate manner between 2018 and 2019 and had touched another pupil under the armpit or near her breast in June 2021.

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Mr Kenyon denied allegations and did not co-operate with the TRA’s investigation, stating “your case I am afraid will have to run in my absence”.

The panel found allegations between 2018 and 2019 proved after a member of staff at the school stepped forward as a witness.

The pupil told the TRA that Mr Kenyon would go up behind her and slide his hands down from her shoulder, so that his hand would be resting on her chest, close to her breasts, over clothing.

The member of staff from the school said the pupil had disclosed the inappropriate touching, telling the TRA that it had happened on “multiple occasions.”

The panel also found proved the second allegation of him touching a pupil on her bra or near her chest.

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Evidence from three pupils was used in the hearing, along with notes of a meeting that took place between Mr Kenyon and another individual after concerns were raised about proximity by a fourth pupil.

Noting the meeting, the individual said: “We talked at length about personal space (Steve is often over the shoulder to look at the [what's on] on screen).

"I've advised that he uses LAN school to view the (what's on the screen) from his desk or ask the student to move to the side whilst he looks.”

The panel found that Mr Kenyon’s inappropriate behaviour in June 2021 was of a sexual nature as he had been warned of his proximity to pupils just over a week before the incident.

Mr Kenyon is banned from teaching indefinitely and cannot teach in any school, sixth form college, relevant youth accommodation or children’s home in England.

He is not entitled to apply for restoration of his eligibility to teach after his 28-day right to appeal to High Court expires in December.

During his trial, Mr Kenyon told jurors: "I don't want to call anyone a liar, she believes what she believes, but I know that I have not touched her and I certainly have not touched her intentionally."