education watchdog after pinching a pupil’s nose and causing it to bleed while trying to calm him down. James Walker McKenna admitted grabbing hold of the young boy’s nose during the incident at Dalry Primary School, Dumfries and Galloway, in May 2018.
He also accepted he rubbed the heads of students with his knuckles, known as a ‘nuggie’, on various occasions during 2017 and 2018.
The teacher also caused alarm to pupils in two classes by lobbing stationery items, including whiteboard markers, across the room - but said it was done to get their attention.A probe by the General Teaching Council for Scotland found that McKenna’s fitness to practise was impaired but that he had made steps to remedy his behaviour.In a statement to the watchdog,.
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