A FORMER Drumchapel High School teacher who forced a child with a concussion to participate in a PE class and walked out of both her class and the school without alerting anyone has been struck off.

A number of complaints were listed against the physical education teacher, Merody Campbell, including that of a parent who reported a child being forced to take part in the class by setting up equipment despite having an exemption certificate due to a concussion in August 2012.

On another occasion on November 21, 2012, a pupil sustained a "serious injury" while in Miss Campbell's class, however, no effort was made to contact a senior staff member and it is unknown if she followed the official school procedure.

Later that month, the former educator excluded pupils from her classroom as "she said she was unable to manage a class of uneven numbers," while in December of that year the head of the physical education department discovered young boys lifting weights above their capacity and other pupils dancing in the fitness suite during her class – which was described as "a free for all".

The head of PE also recalled looking for the teacher on a day in August 2012 but discovered she had left the school without informing her, while two months prior she also arranged for her class to be covered without informing her supervisors.

Witness described Miss Campbell's classroom environment as "stressful for pupils" and said her "incompetence was chronic" during her teach period at the Drumchapel school from October 2011 to June 2013.

However, the South African born teacher refuted many of claims and stated that the school had caused her to become stressed due to constant observations in her classes and said complaints were not made about her teaching skills before or after her time at the school.

She also filed a grievance procedure with Glasgow City Council on the grounds of being bullied and harassed in the work place – and witnesses claimed she "could do nothing right" in the eyes of certain school staff - which was found to be unproven.

Miss Campbell argued her health deteriorated between December 2012 and January 2013 and that, despite a report by Bupa, her timetable was not reduced to the recommended amount required to support an undisclosed health condition.

However, the panel subsequently ruled that she be removed from the register and advised she be blocked from reapplying to the register for a period of one year "given the nature and degree" of her shortfalls.

It said: "The panel was of the view that the Respondent had not remedied the shortfalls in her professional competence.

"The Panel was very concerned about the lack of insight shown by the Respondent and the risk which the Respondent posed to pupils in terms of their health, safety and wellbeing and education.

"Her failure to acknowledge, or to take steps to address, the deficiencies in her practice could only mean that she continues to pose a risk."

A council spokeswoman added: “We are duty bound to refer all cases of where we have serious concerns about competency to the GTC. This teacher has not worked in Glasgow since the referral.”

Miss Campbell now has a 28 day window to file an appeal against the ruling.