Teacher Banned for Drinking in Class, Tribunal Rules
A teacher has been banned from classrooms in Wales after a tribunal heard she got drunk in class and started swearing at pupils during a lesson that turned into a ‘mini rave’. Alice Ashton, who taught at Ysgol Bro Caereinion near Welshpool, Powys, swigged alcohol from an Evian bottle in class on January 17 last year, a panel heard. The lesson ‘spiralled out of control’ and turned into a ‘mini rave, with loud music, shouting and dancing’, a fitness to practice tribunal was told. One 16-year-old told the hearing Ashton also swore, calling the whole class ‘little s**ts’. The Education Workforce Council panel heard the lesson took place just four months after Ashton had been convicted of drink driving. Sign up for all of the latest stories Start your day informed with 's News Updates newsletter or get Breaking News alerts the moment it happens. She was described as ‘smiley and happy’ before she s...