Bogus teacher fakes qualifications, works as A-Level examiner

Torquay, Devon.
She is now facing jail after pleading guilty to two counts of fraud by false representation and three forgery charges.
Rawlinson, from Brixham, Devon, admitted the charges at Torbay Magistrates’ Court.
She had shown Westlands School a fake teaching certificate and masters degree and doctorate in science psychology ahead of working there between February and September last year. She also used fake documents to get a job at the exam board in April 2007.
Prosecutor Alison Jordan said: “On October 5, Westlands School contacted police to say one of their teachers, Julia Rawlinson, had provided false degrees in order to obtain a teaching position. The school contacted the university and was told those bore no resemblance to their certificates and were poor forgeries.”
Police arrested her and found the forged degrees at her home – a biochemistry degree from the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa, a fake doctorate from Glasgow Caledonian University and a fake teacher certificate from the General Teaching Council for England. She admitted to forging them using graphics from the Internet and said she had never completed a degree.
Her defence lawyer Jolyon Tuck said she had mental health issues but she has been committed to the Crown Court in Exeter for sentencing later this month.
A spokesman for Edexcel said Ms Rawlinson had started work for them in 2007.
“We are appalled,” he said. “She would have marked exam papers. She may have marked one or a small number or a larger number, we don’t know. She was getting away with it for a while.”
Westlands School headteacher Dr Colin Kirkman said: “Julia was chief examiner for A-level biology with the Edexcel exam board.
“The board offered us her help and support prior to the summer with A-level biology project work, which we accepted.
We understand she also worked in at least two other schools in this area in this capacity.” – Daily Mail.