Adrian Ferguson was a science teacher at Cardiff West Community High School in Ely for months before it emerged that he had made a series of false claims in his application.
It emerged that Mr Ferguson was awaiting trial over a charge of encouraging violence between two Peak Academy pupils aged 13 and 15, who were alleged to have "engaged in a physical fight in his presence". "Mr Ferguson acknowledged that he should have ticked the box and shared the information about the incident," said the Education Workforce Council in its report on the misconduct. "However, he said that he had felt under a lot of pressure and was extremely stressed due to lack of communication from the police, health concerns and financial pressures."
However, the University of South Wales confirmed that its only record of a qualification for Mr Ferguson was a 2:2 in a sports science BSc. It turned out that in fact he had no qualified teacher status, which was a requirement for his role at Cardiff West. He had been "dishonest" in his attempt to get a role that would see him paid as a qualified teacher, the EWC found.
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