Teacher who downed bottle of wine and turned up to primary school assembly drunk is banned from classroom
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Teacher banned from classroom after going to assembly drunk
- Teacher Ashley Atkin has been banned from the classroom after arriving at Horn's Mill Primary School in Cheshire smelling of alcohol.
- Colleagues reported Ms Atkin appearing "dazed", "staggering", and smelling strongly of alcohol during a school assembly.
- Ms Atkin, who had been at the school about a month, admitted to drinking a bottle and a glass of wine the night before.
- A Teaching Regulation Agency investigation found her conduct brought the profession into disrepute.
- She is now prohibited indefinitely from teaching at any school, sixth form college, or children's home in England.