Bishop’s Stortford teacher Andrew Bruce is banned from profession

Mr Bruce was first employed by the college in 1986, but resigned in 2018 after a number of allegations were made against him.

The TRA hearing was told the first incident happened while he was assisting the Royal School of Church Music during a residential trip to Nottinghamshire.

A youngster – referred to as pupil D in the report – had asked for assistance during the night and Mr Bruce allegedly asked him to remove his clothes.

“Once naked, Mr Bruce placed soap on pupil D’s body – and in particular, his crotch and groin area,” the TRA report said, external.

“Mr Bruce touched his genitals when he was cleaning him,” the report said. “Pupil D returned to his bed, cried and rocked himself to sleep.”