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A teacher and a class instructor at the new £38m Folkestone Academy, who allegedly tied up a boy with plastic cable ties during a lesson have left the school.

They reportedly bound the hands and legs of a 16-year-old pupil, during an engineering lesson.

It was filmed by classmates on mobile phones. The two staff members, were suspended after the footage came to light in December.

In a letter sent to parents in December, principal John Patterson said although the incident may have been "intended to be good humoured", the academy saw the alleged behaviour as "totally inappropriate".

A spokesman for the school said: “On 28 November 2007 an incident occurred at the Folkestone Academy in which a student was tied up with plastic cable ties by a teacher and an instructor. As a result of the incident, the two staff involved have now left the academy’s employment.”