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A probe launched after a staff member was pictured with a 'Free Tommy Robinson' flag on a school trip has ended - but the results won't be released.

Teesside Live revealed that Year 6 pupils from Caedmon School in Grangetown were taken up Eston Nab last summer, and paused to take in a St George Cross which flies from its summit.

The flag was emblazoned with the words 'Free Tommy Robinson' in large lettering - in support of the former English Defence League leader, who was in jail at the time for Contempt of Court.

A video was shared on social media of the trip, and a school staff member posted a photo of herself stood next to the flag with the caption: "Was Y6 Caedmon led by me."

Redcar and Cleveland Council confirmed a school staff member had been suspended last July, and a disciplinary process began.

Caedmon School released the following statement: "We can confirm that an investigation took place and has now been concluded with appropriate disciplinary action taken.

"It was an internal staffing matter and therefore we cannot comment further."

But the council said it could not release the results of the investigation, for legal reasons.

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Robinson, real name Steven Yaxley-Lennon, had been locked up last May after broadcasting footage from Leeds Crown Court on Facebook, during the trial of a grooming gang.

He was released from prison on August 1 after three leading judges quashed the Contempt of Court finding, and he was released from bail last November.

During his time in prison, he received a groundswell of support from right-wing groups and political parties.

A St George Cross has been in place on the hills since 2013, but the flag bearing the Tommy Robinson message was said to have been put up last summer.

At the time, Redcar MP Anna Turley said: "We shouldn’t allow the England flag to be used for political ends and I’m sorry to hear that is happening on our Nab."

Caedmon School said last summer it has a "rich curriculum celebrating diversity", and regularly climbed Eston Nab - which overlooks the TS6 area - as part of efforts to keep children fit and allowing them to "explore their cultural history".

And in a new statement, the school continued: "Ofsted inspectors visited the school since the investigation and rated the school as ‘good’.

"The inspectors praised teaching staff’s personalised approach to pupils’ academic and social development and the school’s ‘culture of high aspirations, expectations and standards."