A female primary school teacher who was sacked after mocking parents' Asian accents and calling people 'fat sl**s' has had her case thrown out by an employment tribunal.
'Bully' Iqbal Khanem hurled racist and homophobic insults at fellow members of staff at New Christ Church Primary School in Reading, Berkshire, branding them 'bloody lesbians'.
The experienced teacher, who taught children as young as five, also left pupils in their 'soiled' clothes for 45 minutes and let one cry unattended for 20 minutes, a tribunal heard.
Miss Khanem, who was also said to have made a child change their clothes in front of the rest of the class, claimed she was subject to a 'witch hunt' when she was subjected to disciplinary proceedings.
She insisted her derogatory language towards staff was just 'light-hearted banter' and said her strict style of teaching was acceptable even if not 'fashionable'.
After she was sacked for gross misconduct, she tried to sue the school for age discrimination by claiming bosses targeted her because she is over 50 and on an expensive salary.
But an employment tribunal in Reading threw out her case and criticised her behaviour.
Teacher Iqbal Khanem was sacked from New Christ Church Primary School in Reading (pictured) in 2019 after hurling racist and homophobic insults at fellow members of staff
The tribunal heard Miss Khanem worked at the school from February 2014 until her dismissal in May 2019, when she was teaching a year one class of children aged between five and six.
In November 2016, it was alleged Miss Khanem made a child 'get changed into different clothes in front of the rest of the class' and she received complaints she was 'sarcastic', 'very negative' and 'rude' with pupils.
She was taken through a disciplinary process which culminated in a six-month verbal warning and a referral to the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO).
After an inspection in 2018, inspection officers raised concerns of 'neglect' after Miss Khanem left a new starter child crying 'loudly and uncontrollably' for a period of 'at least 20 minutes'.
That same month the tribunal was told another child in Miss Khanem's class wore soiled clothes for at least 45 minutes, leading to a second LADO referral.
The following month a parent complained their child had 'wet themselves' in class the day before and arrived home having not been changed, with the young girl saying Miss Khanem had not allowed her to go to the toilet.
Miss Khanem
