York maths teacher banned after hiding allegations of sexual assault
A maths teacher from York has been banned from the profession for at least eight years after he hid criminal allegations over sexual assault.
Samuel Eady, aged 31, was previously convicted of sexually touching an adult woman aged over 16 without consent.
At a misconduct hearing a panel heard he hid both the allegations and the criminal investigation from his employer.
He was working as a maths teacher at the Vale of York Academy, panel findings detail, but didn't tell the school until a full month after he was charged.
In doing so he acted dishonestly and without integrity, the panel has now found, bringing the profession into disrepute.
Mr Eady, requesting that the allegations be heard without a hearing, had admitted unacceptable professional conduct.
The allegations dated to an incident in October 2022, the report outlined, and he was charged in April 2024.
The incident had been at a party in which he had admitted to being "highly intoxicated", and he had claimed to have no memory of what had happened. The panel also considered that he had apologised to the victim the next day, pleading guilty at the first opportunity.
At a teacher misconduct hearing in late April, held in private and with the findings now published, members heard he had worked at the school since 2021.
By his own admission, the panel heard, Mr Eady “should have said something earlier”, and had failed to do so. It concluded that Mr Eady had acted in a "dishonest manner" to protect his career.
"Teachers are expected to engage in their profession in a transparent and honest manner, and Mr Eady’s behaviour was contrary to this expectation," the findings read.
Initially, the panel had decided he couldn’t appeal a teaching prohibition order for at least five years, but this was later raised to eight years by DfE representatives.