A SUPPLY teacher who went to two Worcestershire schools he had worked at and angrily demanded to know why they would not employ him again, has been suspended from the classroom for two years for bringing the profession into disrepute.

The General Teaching Council’s professional conduct committee found that David Austin acted in a threatening manner towards Louise Thompson of Witton Middle School, Droitwich, by being confrontational and angry while seeking an explanation for the report on his teaching that she had given to his Birmingham-based agency, Faith Education.

It said Mr Austin, who had worked at the school from January 27-29, 2010, went to the school without an appointment on March 1, 2010, and his actions left Ms Thompson “concerned and intimidated”.

Committee chairman Barbara Hibbert said: “He followed her asking why she had written a damning report on him.

"She explained that any feedback was professional and honest. Eventually he left while still being abusive.”

On the same day, he went to Ridgewood High School, Stourbridge, where he had worked as an supply worker on February 22 and 24, 2010, and “acted in an inappropriate manner” by arguing with and demanding an explanation from Glenn Picken for the school’s cancellation of his services.

It found that he also “acted in an inappropriate manner by referring to the teachers at the school as stupid, and generally making derogatory comments about the maths department” and demanding that the school pay him a sum of £100 for cancelling his services.

The findings said: “Mr Austin’s conduct fell short of the standard expected of a registered teacher and was behaviour which involved a breach of the standards of propriety expected of the profession.

“The public and pupils are entitled to expect teachers to act in a way that does not bring the profession into disrepute.

"His behaviour to colleagues was totally unacceptable for anybody let alone a professional teacher.

"Accordingly, his conduct amounted to unacceptable professional conduct.”

The findings also said: “We accept that these events occurred on one day albeit at two different schools, however the behaviour was of a serious nature; so serious that one school thought it necessary to call the police.”

Mr Austin has a right of appeal to the High Court within 28 days.