Pupil’s letters fail to stop ‘Mr Shouty’ being banned from teaching

A bullying teacher who gave a child nightmares after picking on ‘non-sporty and shy’ pupils has been kicked out of the profession. Rowan Overeynder began teaching at St Stephens Church of England Primary School, in Bath, back in September 2002. During his time there he created an inappropriate classroom ethos including bullying and humiliating behaviour towards pupils. One teaching assistant who worked in his class for two years observed that he ‘appeared to pick on certain children … by making…