New blow for BNP teacher Adam Walker

Mar 6 2010 by Nicola Juncar, The Journal

A TEACHER caught posting racist comments during a lesson has lost his battle to avoid being brought before his profession’s disciplinary body.

Adam Walker, from Spennymoor, County Durham, could become the first teacher in the country to be struck off for religious intolerance.

Mr Walker, who used to teach at Houghton Kepier Sports College in Houghton-le-Spring, near Sunderland, admits posting anti-Muslim comments on a website while using a school computer.

He is also alleged to have posted critical comments against asylum seekers, immigrants and the “promotion” of homosexuality on the BNP’s website during lesson time.

He left the school in 2007, but claimed the comments – made under a false name – had no link to his work as a design and technology teacher.

His legal team argued in front of the General Teaching Council (GTC) that he should not face professional misconduct charges.

They claimed website administrators were wrong to reveal his identity and his posts should not be used in evidence. They also argued the school’s leaders were wrong to report him to the GTC.