The council that ran the school in Educating Greater Manchester has issued a statement after ex-headteacher Drew Povey was banned from teaching following a long-running dispute.
The ex-Harrop Fold School head was in charge when it featured in the TV show. He has been banned from teaching indefinitely.
It comes after the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) found him and his brother Ross, who was his deputy, guilty of 'unacceptable professional conduct' following allegations pupils were removed from the register, boosting the school's results.
Mr Povey admitted to 'administrative errors' but denied that the school - now called The Lowry Academy - engaged in the practice known as 'off-rolling'.
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