A TEENAGER has been suspended for shooting a teacher in the face with a pellet gun.

The English teacher at at Beal High School in Ilford was hit after she approached the 15-year-old pupil in the school corridor.

Redbridge Council said the pellet gun was not fired maliciously and the teacher, named as Miss Atkins, was not seriously hurt by the pellet, the Daily Mail reports.

The pupil suspended for 15 days, which some parents say is not long enough.

The incident happened as the teacher approached a group of pupils in a corridor them to see what they were doing and following a scuffle, the gun went off, hitting her between the eyes.

Redbridge Council said: "This was not a malicious act, however the behaviour was wrong and potentially dangerous.

"The school took the matter extremely seriously and carried out a thorough investigation immediately which involved talking to a number of pupils involved and some parents.

"The pupils involved have since expressed remorse for their actions and apologised to the teacher concerned.

"All of the pupils involved have received or will be receiving fixed term exclusions and one pupil was excluded from the school for 15 days."