Parent accuses Leeds school of 'covering up' teacher's sickening sex abuse of pupils
Horrified parents have hit out at a Leeds school where a teacher spent years secretly recording and abusing girls as young as six.
Nathaniel Holt was jailed at Leeds Crown Court after admitting a catalogue of vile offending at the primary school.
The school cannot be named to protect the identity of the victims.
But during the sentencing hearing, the victim impact statement of parents were read out, including one who accused the school “trying to conceal the crime” either to protect their priorities or keep their reputation intact.
Read out to the court by prosecutor Gabrielle Coates, another parent said: “It led me to lose trust in the school system. How could this happen to my little girl? How is it possible?
“The psychological harm it has caused to my daughter and my family can never be undone.”
Another said they “experienced shock, distress, anger, sadness anxiety and guilt” to find out that a teacher whom they trusted used his position to “manipulate” and abuse children.
Holt, 26, was initially employed as a lunchtime supervisor at the school, then a playworker teacher. He worked at the school for four years.
Permitted to be left alone with children, he filmed himself sexually touching young girls, with thousands of indecent images later found on his internet devices.
Holt, of Victoria Park Avenue, Bramley, was later arrested after a young pupil broke down and told her mum that she wanted to move schools because of him.
He denied the allegations, but eventually admitted eight counts, including sexually touching pupils and voyeurism.
He was jailed for five years and eight months.