Rashid Umran, a 47-year-old former teacher at Dame Ellen Pinsent School in Kings Heath, Birmingham, has been banned from teaching indefinitely after admitting 16 child sex offences. The Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) imposed the prohibition order following a professional conduct panel hearing in July 2026. Umran had already been jailed for 10 years and eight months in December 2024 for crimes against two girls aged 13 to 15.
Offences and Sentencing
Umran pleaded guilty at St Albans Crown Court in October 2024 to a series of charges, including three counts of making indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of a child, two counts of sexual communication with a child, one count of causing a child to watch a sexual act, two counts of causing or inciting sexual exploitation of a child, and eight counts of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity. The offences related to two girls who were not pupils at his school.
He was sentenced in December 2024 to 10 years and eight months in prison. He was also placed on the sex offenders register for life and made subject to a sexual harm prevention order until further notice.
School Investigation and Disciplinary Action
Umran began working as a classroom teacher at the school in Ardencote Road in September 2022. In August 2023, the local authority department office contacted the head teacher to inform them that Umran had been arrested and bailed by police. He was suspended the next day. Three days later, he emailed the school to confirm he had been charged.
An investigation was carried out by the school between January 15 and March 20, 2024, and Umran was dismissed following a disciplinary hearing on May 9, 2024.
Panel Findings and Prohibition Order
The TRA panel found that Umran breached teaching standards and that his actions amounted to misconduct. The panel's report stated: "His conduct ran entirely counter to what should have been at the very core of his practice as a teacher, being the safeguarding and wellbeing of children." The report also noted that his crimes against the two victims "raised obvious and significant public and child protection concerns."
In a handwritten note, Umran acknowledged he would "not ever teach again." However, the panel considered sentencing remarks from His Honour Judge Johnson, who noted that Umran's letter of remorse was "almost all about [him], save for a half sentence which refers to the negative impact [his] choices have had on others." The judge described this as "rather an understatement of the significant and, one suspects, life changing impact of this offending on those two young girls."
The panel also noted the judge's comments on the risk Umran posed, referencing "the involvement of two children, the lengthy period of time it's persisted for, the extremities of some of the sexual behaviour involved and your attempt to have evidence deleted." The panel said it did not accept that the incident was out of character.
As a result of the prohibition order, Umran is banned from teaching indefinitely in any school, sixth-form college, relevant youth accommodation, or children's home in England.
