Banned teacher can work with boys

A teacher banned from working with children after being convicted of kissing a pupil can resume working with boys, appeal judges have ruled.

Stuart Barley, from Holbrook, Suffolk, was handed the ban after being convicted of sexual activity with a child while in a position of trust.

But judges sitting at the Court of Appeal imposed a new order which only bans him from working with girls.

The court was told that any risk he poses is to girls only.

His barrister, John Lamb, told the court the incident that led him to be convicted at Ipswich Crown Court in March was a one-off, involving a 17-year-old girl.

The ban was imposed by the court in May.

The judges heard Barley, 46, also coached boys' rugby teams and the order imposed by the crown court judge had deprived him of the chance of continuing in that role.

The three judges hearing the case imposed a new order which prevents Barley from engaging in any work, paid or unpaid, which involves unsupervised contact with girls under 18.