A deputy headteacher who gave porn star names to dozens of sixth years at their leaving assembly has escaped being struck off.
But Graeme Cowie will have to obtain a regular “report card” to prove he’s behaving.
Mr Cowie almost destroyed his previously unblemished career during a leavers’ speech for sixth year pupils at Mearns Academy.
The 38-year-old used an online porn name generator to create smutty monickers for 62 students and read them out during his speech, which also contained the phrase “s***e and b******s to formality”.
He was watched in stony silence by appalled colleagues.
The General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) decided his antics were an “isolated” incident and “entirely out of character”.
However, he will be required to give details of the hearing to future employers and submit three report cards from his boss reflecting on his conduct for a year.
In its report, the disciplinary panel rejected Mr Cowie’s explanation that he thought at the back of his mind he was addressing the pupils as adults when he made the speech.
At the time of the speech, Mr Cowie was acting headteacher at Inverurie Academy, Aberdeenshire. He had left Mearns Academy five months earlier.
After the speech, Mr Cowie was suspended pending an investigation by Aberdeenshire Council.
He is currently working as a depute rector at The Gordon Schools in Huntly, after the council decided no further action would be taken by them.
