A government agency has banned a Christian Mathematics teacher from his profession indefinitely after he “misgendered” a pupil in the classroom.

In the first case of its kind in the UK, Joshua Sutcliffe, 33, was reprimanded for “unprofessional conduct” and “bringing the profession into disrepute” after he refused to use the preferred pronouns of a female student who identified as transgender.  

The Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) professional conduct panel, backed by the Department for Education acting on behalf of Education Secretary Gillian Keegan, banned Mr Sutcliffe from teaching in any capacity indefinitely.