Mr. Sutcliffe has been at the center of a number of controversies in classrooms over the last few years.
A Christian teacher in the U.K. has been banned from his profession indefinitely after being found guilty by a regulator of misgendering a trans pupil and expressing his views against gay marriage.
Joshua Sutcliffe, a 33-year-old former math teacher, was found by the Teaching Regulation Authority (TRA) to have failed to treat a pupil with “dignity and respect” after addressing a group of female pupils that included one student who identified as a boy.
The case stretches back to 2017 when Mr. Sutcliffe, then a teacher at The Cherwell School in Oxfordshire, said, “Well done, girls,” to a class after a math lesson, upsetting a trans pupil in the cohort. He claimed to have apologized immediately for the unintentional faux pas.
In its findings, the TRA concluded that it was probable Mr. Sutcliffe had misgendered the pupil on a number of occasions during his time at the school.
The Christian teacher was suspended pending an investigation at the time of the incident, before resigning from his position and initiating legal proceedings against the school for constructive dismissal, a claim that was settled out of court.