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Hyndburn Council leader Peter Britcliffe, whose daughter attends the school in Queen's Road West, Accrington, said: "This is a really sad story, but this is probably the best outcome.

"There are great sensitivities surrounding working with children and for very good reason, and I think she will have struggled to maintain the respect and authority if she had returned."

Great sensitivities surrounding a teacher who has actually done nothing wrong and yet convicted perverts are considered no danger to the public as taxi drivers. Bit of a lack of logic there I think.

It's a great shame this teacher has been hounded out of her job because in the end it's the pupils who lose out.