Waleed Nasir
Introduction
Waleed Nasir was a teacher at Orchard Park High School in Croydon, Surrey, from July 2022 until his dismissal in June 2023. In April 2023 he was arrested after attending a hotel with a female [REDACTED] pupil, and in May 2024 he pleaded guilty at Guildford Crown Court to four position-of-trust offences under the Sexual Offences Act 2003. A Teaching Regulation Agency panel found the allegations proved in August 2025, and on 27 August 2025 the decision maker, David Oatley, prohibited him from teaching indefinitely, with no review period and no entitlement to apply for restoration.
Background Information
Nasir was employed as a [REDACTED] Teacher at Orchard Park High School, Croydon, Surrey from 4 July 2022 until his dismissal on 12 June 2023. The case surfaced on 28 April 2023, when he attended a hotel with a female [REDACTED] pupil who was [REDACTED] at the time. The management of the hotel raised concerns because he had booked a double room and the female with him appeared to be a child, and he was arrested the same day for the offence of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity whilst he was in a position of trust. The TRA convened a professional conduct panel, which considered the case without a hearing at Mr Nasir’s request.
The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation
A hotel visit, an arrest and four convictions.
On 28 May 2024, Mr Nasir pleaded guilty at Guildford Crown Court to four offences under the Sexual Offences Act 2003: three counts of Adult Abuse of Position of Trust – Sexual Activity with a Girl 13 – 17 cared for in s21 Premises, and one count of Adult Abuse of Position of Trust – Cause/Incite Sexual Activity with Girl 13 – 17 s21 Premises. The certificate of conviction confirmed the three counts were contrary to section 16(1)(a) of the Act and the fourth to section 17(1)(a). He was given a suspended sentence of imprisonment, a rehabilitation activity requirement, an unpaid work requirement, a restraining order, a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and a requirement to sign the Sexual Offenders Register for 10 years.
The panel received a transcript of the judge’s sentencing remarks, which described the section 16 offences as involving Mr Nasir touching the pupil’s breasts on two occasions and giving her a love bite on the third occasion, and the section 17 offence as causing or inciting the pupil to touch his penis. The judge said, ‘You began meeting out of school, she would go and sit in your car and there you would give her what she described as hickeys or love bites on her chest neck and breast. Things escalated from there…you were touching her breasts and she was touching your penis’. The transcript referred to Mr Nasir being the pupil’s [REDACTED] teacher, having begun to give her extra help before they became friends and met outside of school. In his sentencing remarks, the judge described Mr Nasir’s conduct as ‘a gross breach of trust which demonstrates predatory behaviour and exploitative behaviour by you of a pupil of yours’. They also referred to Mr Nasir giving differing accounts of what had taken place and having implicated [REDACTED] in an attempted cover up.
Mr Nasir admitted the conviction and that it was for a relevant offence, signing a statement of agreed facts to that effect on 6 July 2025. The panel found the allegations proved, found that the convictions were for relevant offences, and concluded that he was in breach of the Teachers’ Standards, including the requirements to treat pupils with dignity, observe proper boundaries and safeguard pupils’ well-being. It noted that an essential ingredient of the four offences was that he was in a position of trust because he was the pupil’s teacher.
Public Reaction and Consequences
The decision documents are regulatory records and record no press coverage; the documented consequences came from the criminal courts and the TRA. The panel found a strong public interest in the safeguarding and wellbeing of pupils, “given the serious findings of an inappropriate relationship with a child”, and considered that public confidence in the profession could be seriously weakened if such conduct were not treated with the utmost seriousness. Weighing this against his previously good history, the panel concluded that “his behaviour fundamentally breached the standard of conduct expected of a teacher, and he had exploited his position of trust”, and recommended a prohibition order with immediate effect.
The criminal consequences were already substantial: a suspended custodial sentence, a rehabilitation activity requirement, unpaid work, a restraining order, a seven-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order restricting contact with anyone under 18, and 10 years on the Sexual Offenders Register. He had also been dismissed by the school on 12 June 2023. The decision maker imposed the prohibition order, agreeing that the conduct found against Mr Nasir was outside that which could reasonably be tolerated.
Current Status
Mr Nasir is prohibited from teaching indefinitely and cannot teach in any school, sixth form college, relevant youth accommodation or children’s home in England. No provision was made for a review period, and in view of the seriousness of the allegations found proved the decision maker decided that Mr Nasir shall not be entitled to apply for restoration of his eligibility to teach. The ban is therefore permanent. The order takes effect from the date on which it is served, and he has a right of appeal to the High Court within 28 days from the date he is given notice of the order. The decision was signed by David Oatley on 27 August 2025 on behalf of the Secretary of State.
Impact on Their Career/Life
The prohibition order ends Mr Nasir’s teaching career in England permanently: with no review period and no restoration entitlement, there is no route back to the profession. The criminal sentence also restricts his life beyond the classroom. The Sexual Harm Prevention Order places significant restrictions on his ability to communicate with or be in the presence of persons under the age of 18 for seven years, expressly prohibiting ‘Undertaking any work, whether paid or voluntary, which by its nature is likely to bring him into lone or unsupervised contact with young persons under the age of 18 years, for example (but not exclusively) any work connected with parks or schools’, and he must sign the Sexual Offenders Register for 10 years.