A PERVERTED Aylesbury teacher who performed a sex act on sleeping child has been banned from teaching for life.

Adam King, 41, who taught at Oakley Church of England Combined School, on Worminghall Road in Oakley, was sentenced to four years in prison at Sheffield Crown Court after being convicted in December 2019 of “sexual assault by touching”.

Now after a Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) disciplinary hearing, in an order made on behalf of the Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi, King has also been permanently banned from teaching. In many cases where teachers are banned the way is left open for them to seek to have the ban lifted after a set number of years. But this case was considered so serious that it was decided there should be no provision for Mr King to ever seek to return to teaching.

The offence happened at the Kingswood Adventure Centre in Coisborough South Yorkshire in October 2017. Mr King was there in his role as a volunteer with Diabetes UK to take part in a residential weekend for youngsters.

One of the children there was an eight-year-old child (Child A) suffering from Type 1 diabetes and when he was handed over by his parents they told Mr King that he was a heavy sleeper.

The disciplinary tribunal judgment says: “During a night in 2017, Mr King entered the room where Child A and a number of other children were sleeping. Believing Child A to be asleep, Mr King pulled down Child A’s pyjama bottoms and performed oral sex on Child A."

In recommending a permanent ban the TRA panel said: “Whilst the panel noted that Mr King expressed feelings of guilt and shame, the panel concluded that he had not shown any insight or remorse. In particular the panel identified that Mr King made no specific reference to the victim or his family nor had he shown any empathy towards them.”

Imposing the ban, TRA decision maker Sarah Buxcey said she had considered the lack of remorse or insight shown by Mr King and continued: “I have concluded that a prohibition order is proportionate.”

And making it permanent with no room for Mr King to ever seek to have it lifted in the future she said: “I consider that allowing for no review period is necessary to maintain public confidence and is proportionate and in the public interest.”