Ex-King's Lynn head teacher banned from managing schools by DfE

A former head teacher who was jailed for harassing a trainee teacher has been banned from managing schools by the Department for Education (DfE). Gregory Hill was sentenced to 20 weeks in prison in August 2024 for harassing a 23-year-old woman and for six months in January 2025 after breaching a restraining order. Hill, of Valley Way, Fakenham, Norfolk, was previously described as an "obsessive individual" who "petrified" his victim by the judges who presided over his cases. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has ruled that Hill, who ran Howard Junior School in King's Lynn, is no longer suitable to be a head teacher. The DfE said the Labour politician decided he "should be prohibited from the management of independent schools", as well as academy and free schools. The decision, which also disqualifies Hill from being a governor at a local authority-maintained school, was made in response to his convictions and conduct. As well as being jailed for harassment and for posting pictures of his victim online, Hill was convicted of resisting arrest at his school in March 2023. He had also failed to follow statutory safeguarding procedures and "created an unsafe environment" for childr