It's been revealed 23 teachers have had their registration cancelled after being convicted of sex offences since 2015

Herald senior crime and justice reporter, Anna Leask, says in the same time period, more than 330 teachers have faced allegations of sexual misconduct..

She says most of those involved secondary school teachers, and none were at early childhood level.

This year alone, five teachers have been struck off and 82 have faced, or are currently facing, allegations.

These range from inappropriate jokes to more serious sexual offending.