School head Gregory Hill said he imagined teacher in bikini

Gregory Hill, the former head of Howard Junior School in King's Lynn was jailed for 20 weeks for harassment in August.

It came after Norwich magistrates' court heard the 48-year-old had bombarded trainee teacher Chloe Regester, 23, with messages and claimed he was in love with her after she spurned his advances. 

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Hannah Gidman, who worked at the school in 2019, told the BBC he also acted inappropriately towards her.

Ms Gidman, then 22,  began working at Howard Junior in 2019 after moving to the UK from Australia as a newly-qualified teacher.

Howard Junior School in King's Lynn (Image: Chris Bishop) She told the BBC the head would make "sexualising comments" towards her including telling her he could imagine her on the beach in a bikini, which she said made her feel "icky" and "uncomfortable".

She did not complain at the time as she was worried that it could lead to her losing her job.

“I don’t think anyone should have to go through what me and other people I worked with went through,” she said.

Ms Gidman did not tell the police and the BBC said Hill, who previously lived at Valley Way, Fakenham, did not comment on any of the allegations.

Gregory Hill pictured outside court in Norwich (Image: Newsquest) The BBC said it had also spoken to four other women who claimed they experienced similar behaviour when working at the school. 

All alleged Hill would frequently comment on their looks but said they did not make complaints at the time as they were worried it could threaten their jobs.

Ms Gidman, who has now returned to Australia, said she had spoken out because the complaints system needed to change.

At the time of Hill's offending Howard Junior School was run by a single academy trust, of which he was also chief executive.

Scott Lyons, from the National Education Union, said a headteacher who was also CEO of the trust could act without "oversight or scrutiny".

Howard Junior was taken over by the Eastern Multi-Academy Trust (EMAT) last December.