Horrified mum caught teacher, 27, sending explicit photos to her 15-year-old son

A female teacher has been banned from her profession for life after a mother discovered the 27-year-old sending "inappropriate messages" to her 15-year-old son. Georgia Lowe had sent pictures of herself in her underwear to a pupil Kingsmead School in Staffordshire, a tribunal heard.

Her relationship with him began with late-night email sessions using emojis, kisses and nicknames, in September 2021 just months after she started in the role, a Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) panel heard. The intimate emails, that were sent as late as 10pm, included the words 'make me proud', 'try not to miss me too much' and 'you've already made my day'. In October 2021 the boys discovered the notes and reported them to the school, who launched an investigation and suspended her, the panel heard.

However, even though the affair had come to light Lowe continued to contact the teenage boy, sending him sexual images of herself.

Lowe resigned in November 2021 and was charged by the police. She initially denied the charge before changing her plea to guilty on the day of trial, the panel heard.

She was sentenced to 14 months in jail, suspended for 18 months, and was put on the sex offenders register for 10 years.

In his sentencing remarks, the judge said Ms Lowe committed a "gross breach of trust" and "used the environment in which you were working with [the pupil] to pursue what was evidently your sexual interest in him".

"You moved on to the passing of inappropriate notes to him, and ultimately, by the end of the period that we are concerned with, matters escalated to private digital communications between you and him, including you sending him images of yourself in your underwear," the judge said.

"The concerning aspect of your case is that after matters came to light, by his mother having found out what was going on, you were spoken to, and yet you still had another face-to-face meeting with him at school, and ultimately, when the investigation was launched and you were suspended from work, you contacted him again, and that included the sending of the images of yourself to him.

"That was a warning shot across your bows, the investigation at school, and the suspension, but you did not bring your pursuit of him to an end at that point in time."

On behalf of the Secretary of State, decision maker Marc Cavey said Ms Lowe's behaviour was "incompatible with working as a teacher".

He decided she should be prohibited from teaching indefinitely.