THE headteacher at the centre of test cheating allegations in Rogerstone created a "culture of fear" in school where staff staff felt intimidated and threatened, a Teaching Council panel heard today.

Former Rogerstone Primary school head Sam Yeoman allegedly "manipulated" national reading and numeracy test to boost results in May 2013, a Teaching Council for Wales professional conduct committee was told.

Giving evidence today her former deputy Wayne Millard alleged that she forced him to delete emails and empty drawers by standing over him after investigators found out about the alleged scam.

Mr Millard said that she constantly wanted to meet him and turned up twice at his house to discuss the investigation after the pair were put on leave.

He added that Ms Yeoman wanted a timeline written about events leading up to the investigation and was trying to dictate what had happened in a very intimidating manner.

It reached a point where he would be hiding and look out of the window to see if she was there.

Mr Millard also told the Teaching Council hearing that staff had been off school because of teachers' complaints adding she had once "threatened to shoot somebody in an aggressive way".

Ms Yeoman is also alleged to have applied undue pressure on staff to agree unrealistic targets for pupils.

Mr Millard told the hearing staff referred to a target setting grid used in school as the "grid of death".

Teaching Council presenting officer Emma Burns told the committee there had been a "culture of fear" at the school.

Asked to comment on the allegation that Ms Yeoman created a "threatening" and "intimidating" work environment for staff Mr Millard replied: "That was just the culture of the school.

"I was very surprised straight way in my first or second staff meeting just how aggressive, and in quite an aggressive way, she finished staff meetings."

Mr Millard added: "Anybody who failed or hadn't reached her standards Sam would intimidate and make their life unbearable. This culture is what I witnessed."

Proceeding.