Friday 22 November 2013
Clare Horton, of Newport, south Wales, messaged the 16-year-old boy
on the social networking site before sending him racy pictures of
herself.
The 33-year-old then met the boy while he was on study leave for his GCSEs and the pair reportedly had sex on her sofa.
The boy- known as Pupil A – later told police he had sex with Mrs Horton but said he didn’t want to press charges.
However, the case was brought before a disciplinary panel at the General Teaching Council of Wales.
Martin Jones, presenting officer for the panel, said: ‘He was in
Facebook contact with Mrs Horton, then a teacher employed at the school.
‘That led to them meeting up at the end of the school year – he came to her home and slept there.
‘Mrs Horton’s behaviour clearly amounted to a significant breach in
the professional boundary between her and pupil A. This constitutes
misconduct.’
The mother-of-two, who worked at Fitzalan High School in Cardiff, was going through a divorce at the time of the incident.
She denied sex with the boy but rumours spread throughout the school
soon after. Mrs Horton claimed: ‘He slept at my house and so did I. I
slept alongside him. We did not have sexual intercourse.’
However, she resigned shortly afterwards.
Thursday 21 November 2013
