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A former headteacher has claimed he received a phonecall from an "alarmed" pupil who spotted a PE teacher in a hotel room with a pupil she allegedly had sex with.

pupil.David Nicholls went on the hunt for PE teacher Melissa Tweedie in the early morning after the Gleniffer High School prom in Paisley, Renfrewshire.He told a panel hearing today (Wednesday, February 9) that he drove to a Premier Inn to find Miss Tweedie at 2.10am and was met with six pupils in a hotel foyer.He claims they said to him they were “adamant” that the then-23-year-old teacher, who is now 27, was in a room with a pupil.He managed to get hold of Miss Tweedie on the phone, and she claimed to be at home – but the following day, the unnamed pupil admitted having sex with the teacher, the Daily Record reports.

pupil after the school prom.Giving evidence at a general teaching council for Scotland, Heather Prentice reported her concerns over the behaviour of Melissa Tweedie at the Glasgow event in June 2017.Claims that the former PE teacher from Gleniffer High in Paisley had danced with an 18-year old at the nightclub inappropriately were sounded at the meeting, with the 23-year-old teacher spending the night at a Premier Hotel with the student.Deputy head of school Ms Prentice, 60, told a hearing: "I had concerns about Melissa from the start of the dance regarding her outfit."She added: "Later in the evening I saw her up dancing with a glass of wine. She was up with a group of sixth year pupils."The deputy claims she saw Tweedie "taking shots at the bar" with a pupil, and was reluctant to leave in the school-provided transport at the end of the prom.