Margaret Gretton: Guilty of racism, discrimination and bullying

Our Education Correspondent Peter Bearne has sent this special report into the findings of the panel investigating Margaret Gretton's professional behaviour.

A sacked primary school headteacher from Nottinghamshire has been found guilty of racism, discriminating against children with special needs and bullying staff.

The decision came at the end of a seven day hearing into allegations relating to Margaret Gretton's time in charge of Burton Joyce Primary School between 2007 and 2012.

Among the allegations the disciplinary panel found proven were Ms Gretton's mocking of a photo of an Asian job applicant and the deliberating upsetting of a boy with severe special needs.

The panel chair, Peter Cooper, said her behaviour demonstrated intolerance to both race and disability. She was also found guilty of bullying a student teacher and a male teacher who subsequently left the school.

The panel will now make a recommendation to the Secretary of State for Education - either to take no action, ban Ms Gretton from teaching for two to five years or ban her altogether.