A DEPUTY headteacher has been suspended from her position at a secondary school.

Stella Brennan at Fearnhill School on Icknield Way, Letchworth GC, is currently being investigated and has not returned to work for the new academic year.

A spokesman for Hertfordshire County Council, the county’s education authority, said: “We can confirm that a member of staff has been suspended without prejudice while investigations are completed. It would not be appropriate to comment further at this time.”

It is not yet clear on what grounds Mrs Brennan has been suspended.