Former headteacher who drug-drove to work escapes teaching ban

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 15 Nov, 06:01 · Archive

Amanda Rogers, a former 20-year headteacher at South Stoke Primary School near Wallingford, admitted drug-driving to work and avoided a teaching ban.

Amanda Rogers, who had been headteacher of South Stoke Primary School near Wallingford since September 2004, was arrested in November 2024 for driving under the influence of cannabis to work. She was suspended from the school and left her position by May 2025.

Rogers pleaded guilty at Reading Magistrates' Court on January 30 to driving with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the legal limit. Court documents showed the level of THC in her blood was recorded at 3.7 micrograms per litre, exceeding the statutory threshold. She was fined £269, banned from driving for 12 months and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £108.

Following her conviction, Rogers appeared before a Teaching Regulation Agency professional conduct panel. The panel found that because of her conviction, she had breached professional standards by failing to uphold public trust and act within the law. Panel members considered the offence particularly serious because Rogers was a serving headteacher at the time, as she had intended to drive to school where she would have been responsible for pupils, staff and the day-to-day running of the school. Despite these findings, she avoided a teaching ban.

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• Headteacher of 20 years who drug-drove to work avoids teaching banA former headteacher of 20 years who admitted drug-driving while on her way to school has avoided a teaching ban.Oxfordshire Guardian · 15 Nov, 05:00
• Headteacher of 20 years who drug-drove to work avoids teaching banA former headteacher of 20 years who admitted drug-driving while on her way to school has avoided a teaching ban.Oxford Mail · 15 Nov, 05:00

In this story: Amanda Rogers · South Stoke Primary School · Wallingford · Reading Magistrates' Court · Teaching Regulation Agency

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