She was accused of taping up the mouths of children who refused to be quiet. Supply teacher Bridget Tarwala from Basingstoke, Hampshire, was suspended from Worting Junior School after the alleged incident.
Last week she walked free after a judge dismissed the charge against her. District Judge John Woollard said the case should never have been brought to court. He called the incident "clearly no more than a bit of light-hearted fun in the classroom".
The case collapsed after a child, who the prosecution said had been "distressed" by the incident, gave a different account under cross-examination. The nine-year-old said she had willingly lined up to have tape placed on her lips and said it had been fun.
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