A headteacher has been relieved of his duties after a video emerged on YouTube that allegedly captures the sound of people engaged in sexual activity at a secondary school in Wales.
Governors at Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bryn Tawe in Swansea have announced that the deputy headteacher has been placed in charge temporarily after the video emerged, replacing headteacher Graham Daniels, 50.
The 34-second clip shows a red-carpeted administrative area with several closed wooden doors.
It appears to be recorded outside an office at the school and noises of a seemingly sexual nature can be heard from the other side of the door.
It is not known when the clip was filmed and whether it is genuine but it was shared on social media sites including YouTube where it was viewed hundreds of times before being removed.
Governors at the school, which teaches pupils between the ages of 11 and 18 have launched an investigation.
They are studying the video, now taken off Youtube, to discover who was in the office at the time.
A special assembly has been held at Bryn Tawe School in Swansea to tell pupils to ignore the video and focus on their exams.
They have been told there is an external investigation underway and the matter will be dealt with ‘in the fairest way possible’.
Pupils have been sharing the 30-second video on social networking websites including Facebook and Twitter.
But they have now been banned from talking about it on Twitter and Facebook after being accused of ‘damaging the school’s reputation’.
Dozens of postings on social media sites refer to the video, with one poster writing on Twitter: ‘I literally can’t believe this! Sounds like a soap opera!’
Parents have also been left outraged after their children showed them the clip.
One angry father said: ‘I am seriously considering moving my children from the school. The audio of the alleged sex act was taped by a pupil and is now a Facebook sensation.
‘It has been shared with a number of pupils and parents have made a complaint after seeing it.
