A TEACHER was sent to work at a top secondary school despite struggling to read and write.

Faisal Ahmed was passed fit by an elite taxpayer-funded training scheme.

1 Teacher Faisal Ahmed taught business studies at the 'outstanding' Thomas More Catholic school in Wood Green, North London

But he had “extreme difficulty with handwriting”, reading problems and issues understanding “written tests”.

The alarm was raised days into his new job teaching business studies to students at an “outstanding” school.

His headmaster summoned him to a meeting at the start of his first term and suspended him.

Mr Ahmed, who suffers from ­dyspraxia — a co-ordination condition — told head Mark Rowland he could “hardly write” for “more than a couple of minutes” as it was too painful.

Mr Ahmed, in his 30s, was recruited by Teach First, which gets millions in funding to parachute top graduates into schools.

Details of the 2016 scandal emerged after he sued Thomas More Catholic school in Wood Green, North London, for ­constructive dismissal and disability discrimination after quitting in fury.

But legal papers obtained by The Sun show Mr Ahmed, who was to teach teens for GCSEs and A-levels, lost his tribunal claim and an appeal.

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The ex-City worker switched to teaching after a Teach First programme in 2016.

The charity later admitted it hadn’t shared details of Mr Ahmed’s dyspraxia with the school.

London Central Employment Tribunal threw out his claims and Mr Ahmed lost an appeal on March 29.

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