Cheating teacher escapes a ban

An assistant headteacher who helped students cheat in a physics examination escaped a ban after a panel ruled she would be a loss to the teaching profession. Margaret Hall, 61, showed pupils questions almost identical to those in the real exam for their physics ISA assessment in the 2016 summer term, violating AQA examination board policy. Hall, who specialises in chemistry and physics, presented students at the Audenshaw School in Manchester with PowerPoints intended to prime them for the official…