Mr Steven Battye

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Teacher's name: Mr Steven Battye

Teacher reference number: 9546630

Teacher's date of birth: 11 March 1966

Location teacher worked: Hampshire, South East England

Date of professional conduct panel: 1 to 3 December 2025

Outcome type: Prohibition order

Notice is hereby given that, in accordance with The Teacher's’ Disciplinary (England) Regulations 2012, a professional conduct panel was convened to consider the case of Mr Steven Battye, formerly employed in Hampshire, South East England.

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Mr Steven Battye: Professional conduct panel outcome Panel decision and reasons on behalf of the Secretary of State for Education December 2025 2 Contents Introduction 3 Allegations 4 Summary of evidence 5 Documents 5 Witnesses 6 Decision and reasons 6 Findings of fact 7 Panel’s recommendation to the Secretary of State 20 Decision and reasons on behalf of the Secretary of State 24 3 Professional conduct panel decision and recommendations, and decision on behalf of the Secretary of State Teacher: Mr Steven Battye Teacher ref number: 9546630 Teacher date of birth: 11 March 1966 TRA reference: 20186 Date of determination: 3 December 2025 Former employer: The Romsey School, Romsey Introduction A professional conduct panel (“the panel”) of the Teaching Regulation Agency (“the TRA”) convened on 1 to 3 December 2025 by way of a virtual hearing, to consider the case of Mr Steven Battye. The panel members were Mrs Christine McLintock (teacher panellist – in the chair), Mrs Rebecca Beaty (lay panellist) and Mrs Jill Wells (lay panellist). The legal adviser to the panel was Mr Nicholas West of Birketts LLP solicitors. The presenting officer for the TRA was Mr Mark Millin, instructed by Kingsley Napley LLP solicitors. Mr Battye was not present and was not represented. The hearing took place in public and was recorded. 4 Allegations The panel considered the allegations set out in the notice of hearing dated 15 September 2025. It was alleged that Mr Battye was guilty of unacceptable professional conduct and/or conduct that may bring the profession into disrepute, in that: 1. Between around 07 January 2019 and 24 May 2019, whilst employed as a teacher at Brighton Hill School, he: a) Made inappropriate and/or unprofessional and/or sexual comments to and/or regarding one or more pupils as outlined within Schedule 1; b) He swore on one or more occasions at and/or in front of one or more pupils; c) He invaded Pupil H’s personal space by getting close to her face. 2. Between around September 2019 and 31 July 2021, whilst employed as a teacher at The Romsey School, he: a) Made inappropriate and/or unprofessional and/or sexual comments to and/or regarding one or more pupils as outlined within Schedule 2; b) Made inappropriate and/or unprofessional gestures to and/or regarding one or more pupils as outlined within Schedule 3. Schedule 1 1. Between around 07 January 2019 and 24 May 2019, on one or more occasions he called Pupil H "my angel", or words to that effect; 2. Between around 07 January 2019 and 24 May 2019, talked to one or more pupils about different names for vaginas and/or walked around the room saying "minge;" 3. Between around 07 January 2019 and 24 May 2019, when Pupil H asked him a question, he replied "yes minge" or words to that effect; 4. Between around 07 January 2019 and 24 May 2019, he asked one or more pupils "who needs lubrication then" or words to that effect; 5. Between around 07 January 2019 and 24 May 2019, when asked for a match to light the Bunsen burner by Pupil H, he replied “you can't have a match but you know what is a match, my ass and your face, oh I mean your ass and my face" or words to that effect. 5 Schedule 2 1. On or around 07 November 2020, commented to Pupil B that "[Pupil B] why haven’t you shrunk, penises shrink in the cold so I wonder why you haven’t shrunk yet", or used words to that effect; 2. On an unknown date between September 2019 and 31 July 2021, he sent Pupil B out of class and once he was outside he commented that Pupil B was “a little dick” or words to that effect; 3. On an unknown date or dates between September 2019 and 31 July 2021, he called Pupil B, "twat" and/or "knob", or used words to that effect; 4. On one or more occasion on unknown dates between September 2019 and 31 July 2021, he commented to Pupil B that he had a "small dick" and/or “small todger” or used words to that effect; 5. On or around 20 November 2020, he commented to Pupil C and/or Pupil D "blow on it harder…no not like that, you've got a dirty mind…” and/or “Pupil D knows how to blow it" or used words to that effect; 6. On an unknown date between September 2020 and 31 July 2021, he commented to Pupil D about [REDACTED] saying he "would've given her a grade 9 if she had been nicer to him" or used words to that effect. Schedule 3 1. On or around 13 November 2020, he used his fingers to swear by holding up his index finger and middle finger together and/or holding up his middle finger alone while explaining about atoms and compounds; 2. When discussing Pupil B and commenting on his genitals he held up and/or waved his little finger. Mr Battye made no formal admission of fact prior to the hearing. Summary of evidence Documents In advance of the hearing, the panel received a bundle of documents which included: Section 1: Chronology, anonymised pupil list and list of key people – pages 7 to 10 Section 2: Notice of hearing and response – pages 11 to 27 6 Section 3: TRA witness statements – pages 28 to 65 Section 4: TRA documents – pages 66 to 441 Section 5: Teacher documents – pages 442 to 443 In addition, the panel agreed to accept the following: The TRA’s hearsay application and appendices totalling 107 pages; and Mr Battye’s written response to the TRA’s hearsay application dated 30 November 2025 totalling three pages. The panel members confirmed that they had read all of the documents within the bundle, in advance of the hearing and the additional documents that the panel decided to admit. In the consideration of this case, the panel had regard to the 2020 Procedures. Witnesses The panel heard oral evidence from the following witnesses called by the presenting officer: Pupil H Witness A - [REDACTED] Decision and reasons The panel announced its decision and reasons as follows: The panel carefully considered the case before it and reached a decision. Mr Battye worked at Brighton Hill Community School from 7 January 2019 to 24 May 2019. In June 2019, a disclosure was made by Pupil H regarding Mr Battye’s conduct. Various pupils provided statements attesting to the fact Mr Battye had allegedly made inappropriate comments to pupils. On 1 September 2019, Mr Battye commenced employment at The Romsey School. On 30 November 2020, it was reported by a member of staff that Mr Battye had made an inappropriate comment to a student via a post it-note. On 7 December 2020, Pupil N reported that Mr Battye had made inappropriate comments in class, specifically towards Pupil B. 7 Mr Battye was also alleged to have made inappropriate gestures towards pupils whilst teaching. Mr Battye was suspended from The Romsey School on 10 December 2020. On 28 July 2021, the matter was referred to the TRA. Findings of fact The findings of fact are as follows: 1. Between around 07 January 2019 and 24 May 2019, whilst employed as a teacher at Brighton Hill School, you: a) Made inappropriate and/or unprofessional and/or sexual comments to and/or regarding one or more pupils as outlined within Schedule 1; Schedule 1 1. Between around 07 January 2019 and 24 May 2019, on one or more occasions you called Pupil H "my angel", or words to that effect The panel considered the oral evidence and written statements of Pupil H, who stated that when Mr Battye approached her, “he would call me his “angel””. Pupil H’s contemporaneous handwritten statement dated 19 June 2019 was consistent with this, stating that Mr Battye was “always approaching me calling me “his angel””. The panel asked Witness A about Pupil H, and he confirmed in his oral evidence that she was a “top set student and went on to be a prefect – as model student as you could imagine”. The panel considered the handwritten statement of Pupil EEE which stated, Mr Battye would “always call her things like “my angel””. The panel was mindful that the evidence of Pupil EEE was hearsay, and it had not had an opportunity to test this evidence. The panel was able to ask Witness A about Pupil EEE generally, and he confirmed that he had “no reason to disagree” with anything they had said, and he would deem them to be “a trustworthy witness”. Witness A could not recall where or how Pupil EEE’s statement was obtained but the panel noted that the statement was written in the first person and was handwritten. The panel was comfortable that there was no ulterior motive in respect of Pupil EEE’s evidence as it had been provided to Brighton Hill Community School after Mr Battye’s engagement had been terminated. The panel therefore considered that appropriate weight could be provided to Pupil EEE’s statement, and this evidence corroborated Pupil H’s written and oral evidence. The panel found on the balance of probabilities that Mr Battye had called Pupil H “my angel” on one or more occasions and this amounted to an inappropriate and unprofessional comment. 8 Schedule 1 2. Between around 07 January 2019 and 24 May 2019, talked to one or more pupils about different names for vaginas and/or walked around the room saying "minge" The panel considered the oral evidence and written statements of Pupil H, who stated that, on one occasion, she remembered Mr Battye was talking to other boys in the class about different names for vaginas like “minge”, and, after finishing the conversation with the boys, he wandered around the room on his own muttering the word “minge”. Pupil H’s handwritten statement dated 19 June 2019 was consistent with this, stating that Mr Battye “was talking to some boys about like different names for vaginas and stuff like ‘c***’ and ‘minge’ and things like that, even him himself was just waling [sic] round the room saying ‘minge’”. The panel considered the handwritten statement of Pupil GGG which stated, “he was telling us different names for a ‘vagina’ like ‘cunt’ and ‘minge’”. The