Teacher who secretly filmed women’s legs caught after clips found on school laptops

A teacher at a Church of England school secretly filmed the bottoms and legs of women in public for ‘sexual gratification’.

Andrew Winkworth admitted to covertly videoing women walking the streets of Norwich over two years, zooming in on their lower parts.

The class teacher was busted after he uploaded the graphic content to his Google Drive account, which he could access from his school iPad.

A total of 31 videos of women and groups of women, including some duplicates, were found on Winkworth’s laptops at Worlingham CEVC Primary School in Beccles.

Many of the clips, taken between August 2020 and January 2022, focused on the bottoms and legs of women wearing leggings and trousers.

On at least one video, Winkworth appeared to ‘increase his pace’ to catch up with a woman before slowing down to keep a set distance.

Winkworth, now 45, was also shown following the same woman for up to ten minutes on four occasions.

Other clips included women accompanied by young children.

A school investigation found that because the graphic videos were on school iPads, they could have been found by pupils, although there is no evidence that any students were exposed to the content.

In its findings, a teacher misconduct panel said Winkworth had shown ‘poor judgement, failed to uphold the dignity and rights of others, and was inconsistent with the expectations placed on teachers as role models for children and young people’.

It added that his conduct risked undermining public confidence in the teaching profession.

In his own submissions, Winkworth said he was a hardworking and dedicated teacher and that his actions were ‘out of character’.

But he admitted his decision to film women in public was both ‘unusual and unacceptable’ and required corrective action.

The panel noted Winkworth had shown ‘limited evidence of reflection on the impact of his behaviour on the women involved or on public confidence in the profession’.

Outlining his decision to ban Winkworth from teaching indefinitely, DavidOatley said the teacher had shown a ‘lack of insight’

Winkworth has 28 days to appeal the decision, after which he will have to wait at least four years before being able to apply for his teaching suspension to be lifted.

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