Grimsby pupil affair teacher given jail sentence

27 August 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-11109762

A 29-year-old, drama teacher who admitted having a sexual relationship with one of
his pupils (a 15-year-old girl), was sentenced to six and a half years in prison. The affair came to light after they have been to an art festival. The affair had been going for a period of four months last year. After this became public, two other teenage girls aged, 14 and 15 came forward with the same accusations. They said they started to have consensual sexual contact in 2005 with this married teacher. He denied these accusations, but was still found guilty of offences in relation to them.

This is a scandalous matter. The reality is that it happens every now and then at secondary schools. The reason it shocks us that much is, that you think that your children are safe at school, being taught by responsible, morally correct individuals.
The only thing we can do as parents is to talk openly to our teenagers about these isolated cases with the intention of discouraging them of ever getting involved in an inappropriate way with an educator. Hopefully these talks can help the pupil to be alert and recognize the signals that can lead to such an affair.