A BARRHEAD High School janitor faces being banned from working with children after racking up two criminal convictions in less than a year.

Scott Boyd has also been removed from his post at the school by East Renfrewshire Council (ERC) and is now working elsewhere in the authority.

The News has learned Disclosure Scotland, a government body which governs who is eligible to work with vulnerable people and children, is attempting to put the 38-year-old on a list which would make it illegal for him to work with children under 18.

This comes just weeks after he dodged jail after racking up his second domestic abuse conviction in a year.

Boyd was suspended from his employment at ERC after being charged with abusing his partner.

However, he was allowed to return to work, but has since been removed from his post at Barrhead High School and is no longer working “in school hours”.

Boyd was spared prison over his latest conviction – for terrorising his partner at her home just months after he avoided jail for assaulting his estranged wife while she had a broken arm.

He was caught abusing his current partner when he called her an ambulance and didn’t hang up the phone properly – allowing the operator to hear everything.

Last month Boyd pleaded guilty to abusing his partner at her home in Neilston on June 18.

He admitted behaving in a threatening or abusive manner by shouting, swearing and acting aggressively.

Procurator fiscal depute Joanne Gilmour told the court: “The accused called 999 and asked for an ambulance to attend at the address.

“He informed the operator that he and his partner had consumed alcohol and were larking about in the garden and she had fallen and hurt her shoulder.

“The accused never replaced the handset correctly and the operator could hear him shouting and swearing at the complainer.

"She could be heard crying and sobbing throughout the call.”

The accused was heard telling the complainer, ‘You better f****** shut it’ and ‘for once in your life keep your f****** mouth shut’.

He was placed on a two-year community payback order, which requires him to complete 90 hours of unpaid work and to attend a domestic abuse course to get him to change his ways.

Boyd has 28 days to appeal the decision to ban him from working with children, made by Scottish ministers after reviewing his disclosure agreement which allows him to work with vulnerable people.

ERC could not comment on Boyd’s future employment.

A spokesman for ERC said: “We can confirm that this individual, whilst still an employee, has been moved onto alternative duties and is no longer working during school hours.”