Birmingham teacher sent ‘inappropriate’ Snapchat messages to boy at special school

Kaodi O’Loughlin Campbell has been banned from classrooms after admitting ‘unacceptable professional conduct’ A Birmingham primary school teacher who sent inappropriate Snapchat messages to a pupil she met at another school has been struck off. Kaodi O’Loughlin Campbell worked at Ferndale Primary School in Great Barr. But would also work at Elmwood School, a special secondary school for children with social, emotional and mental health needs, in Rushall, Walsall, as a supply teacher between September 2021 and May 2022. Read more: Birmingham teacher who kept secret love letters from pupil avoids ban There, Ms O’Loughlin Campbell met a vulnerable pupil at the school and concerns were raised about social media contact between the two of them in January and May 2023. That contact was considered by The Teaching Regulation Authority’s professional conduct panel meeting in January this year, with its report published in February. The report reveals the teacher was asked about the messages with a boy, but she did not disclose anything. But then, in October that year, the boy spoke out about the contact on Snapchat, and had screenshots of what had been said. Ms O’Loughlin Campbell had sent the boy her contact details and they became friends
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