Sean Heslop, aged 47, has been suspended as principal at Marlowe and Folkestone Academy. Heslop was arrested after getting a former student pregnant.

The unidentified former student bragged about her pregnancy and has the support of her mother.

Heslop divorced from his wife last year and is happy to be a father, say reports.

Academy Trust Chairman Sir Roger de Haan has written to parents informing them of his decision to relieve Heslop from his duties:

“I am writing to let you know that Sean Heslop, Executive Principal of Folkestone and Marlowe academies, has been suspended from his duties. An investigation is ongoing, the nature of which is confidential.”

The governors of the two schools said in a statement: “This has not interfered with and will not inhibit the good work going on in the schools, where the respective head teachers and their senior leadership teams ensure that teaching and other school activities continue as normal and that school routine is unaffected.”