A PRIMARY school teacher cautioned by police and placed on the sex offenders register over indecent images of children has been banned from teaching for life.

Robert Salvage, 38, taught at Stanford-le-Hope Primary School from September 2016 until he resigned in September 2019.

In January 2019 he was arrested by police for accessing indecent images of children in October the previous year.

He accepted a police caution for the offence of “making an indecent photograph of a child” and was placed on the sex offenders register for five years.

Now, following a recommendation by a Teaching Regulation Agency disciplinary panel he has been banned from teaching for life.

The panel, in their findings, found Mr Savage admitted the allegations, and also admitted he was guilty of unacceptable professional conduct and conduct that may bring the profession into disrepute.

The findings said the panel took the view that his actions were “calculated and motivated” and added there was evidence his actions were “deliberate.”

They also said that although he had admitted the allegations he had not offered any mitigation or insight into his actions.

Often when teachers are banned, they have the option to seek to have the bans lifted after a set period of time.

However, the ban was imposed with no provision for Mr Salvage to seek to ever have it lifted, Decision maker, Alan Meyrick, said: “I consider that allowing for no review period is necessary to maintain public confidence and is proportionate and in the public interest.

“This means that Mr Robert Salvage is prohibited from teaching indefinitely and cannot teach in any school, sixth form college, relevant youth accommodation or children’s home in England.

“Furthermore, in view of the seriousness of the allegations found proved against him, I have decided that Robert Salvage shall not be entitled to apply for restoration o