A school at the centre of a string of sex incidents involving staff and pupils has been named following pressure from the Hull Daily Mail.

Class supervisor Christopher Reen was accused of underage sex with a 15-year-old pupil at Headlands School, Bridlington, which was around 1,400 pupils.

An order under Section 39 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1993 had banned the identification of the girl complainant, Media Lawyer reports.

But Recorder Guy Kearl QC varied the order to allow the school to be named in reports of Reen’s trial at Hull Crown Court after hearing of a series of similar incidents involving staff and students.

Headlands has previously been dubbed the “school for scandal” by national newspapers following the string of sex incidents, which date back several years.

The Hull Daily Mail had asked the judge either to lift the Section 39 Order or to amend it to allow the school to be named.

It argued this on the grounds that Reen’s trial was a high-profile case and therefore it was in the public interest for the school to be identified.

The newspaper pointed out that the case was the fifth occasion on which a member of the school’s staff had faced criminal proceedings over inappropriate sexual conduct.

East Riding of Yorkshire Council had previously held a public inquiry into the school as a result of the previous four cases.

The paper said Reen, who had admitted an offence of breach of trust before the start of his trial on charges of having sex with an under age girl, started his relationship with the pupil despite measures put in place to stop such incidents.

The Mail added that the public should be made aware which school the case involved due to the number of pupils it had.

The Northcliffe title supported its application with copies of examples of reports in which the school was named.

Its application also argued that the girl’s identity was already protected by the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act, so that lifting the order made under the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 would simply allow the media to name the school, not the complainant.

In amending the Order, Recorder Kearl took the view that the school’s large number of pupils meant allowing the name to be reported would not lead to the girl’s identification.

After a three day trial, a jury failed to reach a verdict on the under age sex charges against Reen and the Crown Prosecution Service was considering whether to seek a re-trial.