A teacher at an independent girls’ boarding school in Ascot, Berkshire, is barred from teaching after authorities rule he failed to disclose child sex convictions connected to his fiancé. According to reporting, the teacher, Thomas Ridgway, 31, is suspended from the school, Heathfield.
The decision follows the imprisonment of Ridgway’s partner, Matthew Linfield, who is reported to have been jailed for six and a half years for child sex offences. The ban is linked to the allegation that the teacher did not inform the school about the convictions. The outlet describing the case frames the matter around disclosure requirements for staff, particularly in safeguarding contexts. The reporting provided does not include additional perspectives from other outlets or details of any appeal or formal findings beyond the suspension and the undisclosed convictions.
Overall, the accounts agree on the school location and institution, the teacher’s suspension and subsequent ban, and that the partner’s six-and-a-half-year sentence for child sex offences precedes the disciplinary action.
