Mrs Wendy Lewis

The Secretary of State does not make these decisions themselves. They are made by a senior official on the recommendation of an independent panel.

Teacher's name: Mrs Wendy Lewis

Teacher reference number: 8839263

Teacher's date of birth: 18 September 1966

Location teacher worked: Glastonbury, South West England

Date of professional conduct panel: 16 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 Mrs Wendy Lewis formerly employed in Glastonbury, South West England.

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1 Mrs Wendy Lewis: Professional conduct panel meeting 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 Statement of agreed facts 5 Decision and reasons 5 Findings of fact 8 Panel’s recommendation to the Secretary of State 12 Decision and reasons on behalf of the Secretary of State 16 3 Professional conduct panel decision and recommendations, and decision on behalf of the Secretary of State Teacher: Mrs Wendy Lewis Teacher ref number: 8839263 Teacher date of birth: 18 September 1966 TRA reference: 22567 Date of determination: 16 December 2025 Former employer: St Dunstan’s School, Glastonbury Introduction A professional conduct panel (“the panel”) of the Teaching Regulation Agency (“the TRA”) convened on 16 December 2025 by way of a virtual meeting to consider the case of Wendy Lewis. The panel members were Karen Graham (teacher panellist – in the chair), Amanda Johnston (teacher panellist) and Peter Ward (lay panellist). The legal adviser to the panel was John Lucarotti of Blake Morgan LLP Solicitors. In advance of the meeting, after taking into consideration the public interest and the interests of justice, the TRA agreed to a request from Mrs Lewis that the allegation be considered without a hearing. Mrs Lewis provided a signed statement of agreed facts and admitted unacceptable professional conduct and conduct that may bring the profession into disrepute. The meeting took place in private. 4 Allegations The panel considered the allegations set out in the notice of meeting dated 9 September 2025. The allegations against Mrs Lewis were as follows: You are guilty of unacceptable professional conduct and/or conduct that may bring the profession into disrepute in that, whilst working as a Teacher of Food Technology and Art, and SENDCo, at St Dunstan’s School: 1. Between 26 April 2023 and 28 April 2023, in relation to the AQA GCSE Art and Design (Fine Art) non-exam assessment, you did not adhere to exam board regulations, that you were aware, or ought to have been aware, of, in that: a. On or around 26 and/or 27 April 2023, you offered one or more pupil(s) verbal advice and/or drawing assistance during their assessment; and/or b. On or around 27 April 2023, you told one or more pupil(s) that they could take their portfolio and/or assessment material out of the classroom to work on that evening at home when the assessment was finished; and/or c. On or around 27 April 2023, you told one or more pupil(s) “If you have any unfinished work that you need to get done … I am going to leave the room and I think you know what I mean” or words to that effect; and/or d. On or around 28 April 2023, you gave one or more pupil(s) additional time to work on their portfolio and/or assessment material after the assessed time had finished; and/or e. On or around 28 April 2023, you told one or more pupils that they were being given additional time due to “strike days” and/or “bank holidays” which you knew was not true. 2. Your conduct at paragraph 1a – 1e): a. Was dishonest; b. Lacked integrity 5 The panel noted that Mrs Lewis had admitted all the allegations in the agreed statement of facts dated 10 June 2025. Mrs Lewis had further admitted that her actions amounted to unacceptable professional conduct and conduct that may bring the profession into disrepute. Summary of evidence Documents In advance of the hearing, the panel received a bundle of documents which included: Section 1: Chronology and List of Key People – pages 7 to 9 Section 2: Notice of Referrals and Teacher’s responses – pages 8 to 34 Section 3: Statement of Agreed Facts and Presenting Officer’s Representations – pages 35 to 46 Section 4: Teaching Regulation Agency Witness Statements – pages 47 to 69 Section 5: Teaching Regulation Agency Documents – pages 419 to 507 Section 6: Teacher Documents – pages 508 to 510 Statement of agreed facts The panel considered the statement of agreed facts which was signed by Mrs Lewis on 10 June 2025. Decision and reasons The panel announced its decision and reasons as follows: In advance of the meeting the TRA agreed to a request from Mrs Lewis for the allegation to be considered without a hearing. The panel reminded itself that it had the ability to direct that the case be considered at a hearing if required in the interests of justice or in the public interest. The panel did not determine that such a direction was necessary or appropriate in this case. The panel proceeded to consider the case carefully, having read all the documents, and reached a decision. It accepted the legal advice provided. The background to the allegation was as follows: 6 In September 2001, Mrs Lewis began working at St Dunstan’s School (“the School”) as a Food Technology and Art teacher. She resigned from her position on 27 August 2023 following an internal disciplinary investigation in respect of her conduct regarding the non-exam assessment element of the GCSE for Art and Design in April 2023. The agreed statement of facts further records the following details: • The GCSE Art and Design Specifications include the following requirement for non-exam assessments: o Students must not add to or amend work produced during the supervised time, after the ten hours of supervised time has been completed. o At the end of each supervised session, both preparatory studies and work produced during the unaided supervised time must be handed in and kept under secure conditions. o Students cannot change or amend their preparatory work once the 10 hours of supervised time starts. • The JCQ Instructions for Conducting Examinations include the following: o The Art and Design teacher may be required to give technical assistance to an individual candidate. • This refers to ensuring that equipment, tools and materials are available to use and to deal with technical issues with the same. This does not permit assistance with the assessment work itself. • Mrs Lewis had been responsible for supervising assessments in previous years and were familiar with the requirements for assessments. • Mrs Lewis had read the regulations prior to the assessment on 26 and 27 April 2023. • Mrs Lewis had visited another school to give guidance and support in exam administration. • The School arranged additional support for Mrs Lewis when she raised concerns about her workload: • Lessons were covered for her 7 • The Headteacher assisted with SEN cases • An additional staff member was employed to assist her • She was given protected time • On 26 and 27 April 2023, during the GCSE Art and Design non-exam assessment she: • Gave pupils suggestions on what they could do to improve their work, including: • Telling Pupil J to add a black background and colourful circles • Showing Pupil N how to do some colouring for the reflections • Telling Pupil E to mute the colours in her work • Told pupils that she could come around and help them • Allowed pupils to ask her questions • Carried out some drawing for more than one pupil • Following the assessment she: • allowed pupils to take unfinished assessment work and / or their portfolios to complete outside of exam hours • Told pupils “If you have any unfinished work that you need to get done…I am going to leave the room and I think you know what I mean” or words to that effect, and that the implication of this was that pupils could take work away and complete it. • On 28 April 2023, she allowed pupils to work on either their final pieces or sketchbooks/portfolios during a double art lesson and that this lesson took place after the non-exam assessment was concluded. • She did all of this knowing that it was not permitted under the rules for the assessment. • At around the same time she incorrectly told pupils that they were being given additional time because they had missed lessons due to bank holidays and / or strike days and / or lockdown and / or INSET days, and she knew that this was not true when she told the pupils this. 8 Prior to making its factual findings, the panel had regard to the admissions made by Mrs Lewis. It noted that these had been made on multiple occasions, both in relation to the commencement of TRA proceedings and in respect of the TRA adjudication process. It further noted that Mrs Lewis did not appear to have legal advice or representation when she had made the various admissions and that she had also communicated (through [REDACTED], who had been corresponding with the TRA on her behalf) a strong desire for the TRA proceedings to be concluded, given the negative impact that these had had on her. Having taken advice from the legal advisor, the panel determined that it could properly have regard to the admissions and statements of agreed facts signed by Mrs Lewis in coming to its decision on the factual allegations. The panel also took into account the documentation within the extensive bundle prepared by the TRA. Finally, the panel noted that the pupils involved in the relevant examinations had been anonymised. It did not have an anonymisation key provided within its papers but was satisfied that it could proceed without this given that the identity of individual pupils did not appear to be a live issue. Accordingly, it adopted the same anonymisation of pupils that appeared within the papers. Findings of fact The findings of fact were as follows: 1. Between 26 April 2023 and 28 April 2023, in relation to the AQA GCSE Art and Design (Fine Art) non-exam assessment, you did not adhere to exam board regulations, that you were aware, or ought to have been aware, of, in that: a. On or around 26 and/or 27 April 2023, you offered one or more pupil(s) verbal advice and