Ryan Leverton, 35, who used to work at a school in Taunton, is not allowed to teach again after it was revealed he added a teenager on Facebook and invited her to his hotel room while out for a stag weekend. Mr Leverton (pictured) leaving Taunton Crown Court in 2014

A PE teacher has been struck off after it was revealed he had sex with a 16-year-old on multiple occasions and gave 'weird' compliments to female pupils.

Ryan Leverton, 35, who used to work at Bishops Fox's School in Taunton, is not allowed to teach again after it was revealed he added a teenager on Facebook and invited her to his hotel room for sex while out for a stag weekend.

The teenager was also invited back to his home, where they had sex after watching a film in 2010, the National College for Teaching and Leadership heard.

Leverton also took the girl to at least two different hotels near Taunton and agreed to meet her in a well-known lovers' lane, the girl said. She also claimed that Leverton went back to the her parents home.

The 35-year-old was also found guilty of making inappropriate remarks to two female pupils. The girls told the panel that Leverton asked if they were waiting to him to lie on top of them as they sat outside a classroom.

During a bowling trip, Leverton told one of the same girls that she had nice legs and later commented that her 'body looked like it was in good shape'.

The panel ruled that the remarks were made for Leverton's own sexual gratitude, with one of the girls adding that the comments were 'weird' and made her feel uncomfortable.

In 2014, Leverton was cleared of three counts of sexual touching of a 16-year-old at Taunton Crown Court after CPS dropped the allegations.

Panel chair Alex Osiatynski said Leverton's messages to the girl were 'not sexual in nature' but they were motivated by a 'desire to develop a sexual relationship'.

He added that the remarks made to the two girls during a PE lesson were also 'sexually motivated' and that he had 'objectified' one of them as they sat on a school bus.

Mr Osiatynski said: 'Given the context of a school trip where [she] was sat on a bus, there was no objective justification for the comments and they were clearly inappropriate.'

The panel ruled his actions had been ‘pre-meditated and sustained over a period of time’ before axing him from the profession.

Leverton is prohibited from teaching indefinitely and cannot teach in any school, sixth form college, relevant youth accommodation or children’s home in England.