Kamran Mohammed

Introduction

Kamran Mohammed was head of physical education at West Bromwich Collegiate Academy from September 2019 until his dismissal in January 2023. In July 2022 the mother of Pupil A — a former pupil — contacted the school about a stream of Instagram calls and messages Mohammed had sent the boy over three days. Mohammed admitted most of the contact but then denied, during the school’s investigation, that he had sent messages he had in fact authored; the panel found both the boundary failures and the dishonesty proved. He was prohibited from teaching indefinitely in April 2024, with the option to apply for review after five years.

Background Information

Mohammed joined West Bromwich Collegiate Academy on 1 September 2019 as head of physical education. On 1 August 2022 Pupil A’s mother reported Instagram calls and messages sent to the boy on 21, 22 and 23 July 2022; the report went to police on 2 August and to the LADO on 8 August. The school was asked to investigate internally; Mohammed was asked not to attend work from 5 September 2022, interviewed on 8 September, and suspended on 7 October 2022. He was dismissed on 30 January 2023, and the matter was referred to the TRA on 17 February 2023.

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Admitted boundary breaches; dishonesty found proved. Mohammed admitted messaging and calling Pupil A on Instagram, giving the boy his personal number, holding his hand, giving him gifts, and telling him “you’re family to me. Always have been” and “I will buy you anything you like. For your birthday”. He denied following the pupil, holding his hand, and one comment — but the panel found the allegation proved, and found separately that he lied during the school’s investigation.

Pupil A said Mohammed found his Instagram account — whose handle did not include his name — and opened with “yo yo”; the boy replied politely but bluntly, trying to end conversations Mohammed kept restarting. The exchanges included Mohammed asking whether the pupil had Snapchat, commenting “just like watching you run” with a wink emoji alongside a stadium photo, discussing Love Island and “or are people looking for a shag”, and offering to “beat him up silly” the pupil who had punched him. The panel found the attempted concealment aggravated matters: during the investigation he “denied that he had sent Instagram messages to Pupil A when in fact he had authored and sent the messages”, conduct it found dishonest. It found unacceptable professional conduct proved.

Public Reaction and Consequences

The panel identified a strong public interest in safeguarding and in proper professional boundaries: a head of department who privately contacts a former pupil, calls him family, offers gifts and money, and inserts himself into the boy’s conflicts — then lies about it under investigation — cannot be reconciled with the trust the profession requires. It weighed the dishonesty finding as an independent ground of concern, since deliberate deception during a safeguarding investigation strikes at the system meant to protect children. Mohammed attended the hearing but was not represented. The panel found the seriousness, the dishonesty, and his lack of full insight and remorse pointed to prohibition, recommending a five-year review period.

Current Status

Decision maker David Oatley, acting for the Secretary of State on 26 April 2024, prohibited Mohammed from teaching indefinitely — barring him from any school, sixth form college, relevant youth accommodation or children’s home in England. He may apply for the order to be set aside after five years, from 2 May 2029 at the earliest; an application is not guaranteed success. The decision maker recorded that the serious dishonesty found and the lack of full insight and remorse meant a five-year review period was required to maintain public confidence, and that the lack of full insight and remorse “means that there is some risk of the repetition of this behaviour and this puts at risk the future wellbeing of pupils”.

Impact on Their Career/Life

Mohammed’s dismissal in January 2023 ended his role as a head of PE mid-career; the April 2024 prohibition order makes the ending permanent unless a future panel grants review after 2029. The decision marks the case’s two pillars: the grooming-adjacent pattern of contact with a former pupil — private messaging, gifts, declarations of family — and the lie told to the investigators assessing risk to children. His career in English schools is closed for at least the rest of the decade, with no public statement from Mohammed recorded.

Sources

• Department for Education, “Teacher misconduct panel outcome: Mr Kamran Mohammed” — source