An “intimidating” head who screamed at pupils and reduced a parent to tears has been struck off the teaching register.
Elizabeth Manley was barred by a watchdog over a catalogue of extreme behaviour including allowing dogs to roam the playground and subjecting one child to a kangaroo court.
The former head of Lumsden Primary in Huntly faced 30 allegations from the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS).
But rather than go to a hearing, Mrs Manley agreed to be removed from the teaching register, according to a document published by the GTCS.
The incidents, which happened between August 2013 and March 2015, included a case in which a pupil kicked another child and was then made to stand in front of the class.
According to the GTCS, Mrs Manley told classmates to vote on whether he should be, “sent home, given a second chance, get a warning, or call his parents”.
In November 2014 she asked a pupil “who had previously been bitten by a dog” if they could walk her dog during lunchtime.
On another occasion, she entered a classroom to “scream at Pupil 1: ‘What on Earth is going on here? Are you going to work? If you are not going to work you can go home, we do not want children like you in this school'”.
The outburst was heard by staff in a different room and frightened both the child and his classmates, said the GTCS.
During a meeting with a parent at the school, Mrs Manley left a parent “feeling threatened” when she talked “over the parent and intimidated her when she tried to speak”.
Mrs Manley also “telephoned the home of a parent of pupils … and spoke to her in an aggressive and threatening manner”.
Staff were said to have found her to be “unapproachable” and believed she “presided over a wide decline in the school ethos”.
“Staff informed you that they found you intimidating and were frightened by you.
“Staff felt uncomfortable on several occasions due to your behaviour,” the report said.
One of the most disturbing incidents happened in November 2014 at the school when Mrs Manley “allowed dogs on school premises on several occasions that were not kept under control”.
The GTCS said she had put the “health and safety of pupils and staff … at risk”.
During a public hearing, in 2015, an unnamed mother of pupils at the school gave evidence that the head’s behaviour made her cry during a meeting – even though she was accompanied by two of her children, one just 18 months old.
Although she has now agreed to be struck off, Mrs Manley denied the charges at the hearing. She said: “It was never my intention to intimidate or threaten.”
The parent who made the initial complaint in 2014 – who does not wish to be identified – said they were “very pleased” it had finally been resolved.
“We hope this teacher is never allowed to treat parents and children with such contempt in any school setting in Scotland again.
“Under Mrs Manley’s leadership, these incidents have destroyed a happy, vibrant, successful ‘rights respecting awarded’ school that the children, long standing staff and previous head teacher had worked hard to create.”
They remain in dispute with Aberdeenshire Council over its handling of the complaint.
A spokesman for the local authority said: “When allegations were made about Mrs Manley while she was in our employment we thoroughly investigated the circumstances and took clear action in line with our own policies.
“The safety and welfare of children in Aberdeenshire is always our priority and we can confirm that Mrs Manley is no longer in our employment.”
