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Richard Hill exchanged over 160 WhatsApp messages with a pupil at Trafalgar School.
More than 140 messages were sent after 6pm and about 100 after 8pm.
A conduct panel found no sexual motivation, noting the contact was meant to support the pupil.
The education secretary's representative imposed an indefinite teaching ban despite a panel recommendation against it.
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