A popular teacher suspended from his job at a Watford school for more than nine months has been sacked.

Science teacher Martin Elvin was suspended from Westfield Community Technology College, after allegedly pushing a teenage student into a door.

Furious supporters, who claim the science teacher was the victim of an injustice, held a noisy demonstration outside the school earlier in the year to demand his reinstatement.

Their protests, however, could not convince a governors’ disciplinary committee, which has decided to sack Mr Elvin for misconduct.

Hertfordshire County Council confirmed the decision yesterday, a week after the committee heard its last day of evidence on Wednesday, March 10.

Precise details of the decision have not been made public, but it is understood that several other charges were dropped.

Mr Elvin, who is not able to comment on the case, is believed to be considering an appeal.