Storrington Avenue school<\/a> as a science teacher from September 2017.<\/p>\nIn June 2024, concerns were brought to the attention of the school regarding Ms Farron\u2019s communication with pupil J. Later that month, she was suspended before being sacked in February last year.<\/p>\n
She was referred to the TRA in March 2025. Ahead of a private hearing, Ms Farron accepted that she sent to and\/or received an \u201cexcessive\u201d amount of emails from Pupil AM outside of school hours.<\/p>\n
It was also accepted by the former teacher that a number of the emails had been deleted. The TRA was told how the communication discussed relationships with other people, the pupil\u2019s emotional state and Ms Farron\u2019s own personal life.<\/p>\n
She accepted in doing this, she failed to maintain appropriate professional boundaries. In a 90 day period, it was found almost 160 emails had been sent between pupil J and Ms Farron.<\/p>\n
During her messages with pupils, they occurred between the hours of 2.14am and as late as 10.44pm, well outside the school communication policy of emails being sent between 7.30am and 6pm. The panel noted that one email sent by pupil J in February 2024 said \u201cI hope youre [sic] having a nice half term.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ms Farron responded the following day which would also have been in the half term break. Emails sent late at night and in school holidays were beyond what officials from the school would expect of communications between a staff member and pupil.<\/p>\n
On December 31, 2023, pupil J messaged Ms Farron to say it had been the \u201cworst 24 hours of my life.\u201d In March 2024, the same pupil had emailed the teacher to say he missed her.<\/p>\n
Ms Farron accepted that in sending and\/or receiving the above emails, she failed to maintain appropriate boundaries with pupil J. The TRA panel considered that Ms Farron had fostered a culture whereby pupils felt they were able to send emails to her during the night and express affection towards her.<\/p>\n
The panel therefore considered Ms Farron had failed to maintain appropriate boundaries.<\/p>\n
Ms Farron accepted that during the academic year 2023 \u2013 2024, and in relation to the school\u2019s investigation, she asked another pupil known as AM to delete the emails between them. The former teacher also admitted she had deleted emails between her and pupil J.<\/p>\n
When questioned by school officials, Ms Farron said that she deleted her emails routinely. In a pre-hearing statement, she said she would regularly delete emails \u201cin bulk\u201d and there was \u201cno ill intent when clearing [her] emails.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a statement, pupil AM told the school about their communication. They said: \u201cI don\u2019t think any of her emails were sent in a bad way, I think it was purely just her trying to look out for me.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s okay the way she\u2019s asking me to delete them. She asked me this on Tuesday 18th of June period 2, but I don\u2019t understand why she asked me to delete them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pupil AM said there was \u201cnothing to hide\u201d and \u201cdidn\u2019t get a chance to ask her why she wanted me to delete the emails as when she asked.\u201d Ms Farron also admitted she suggested that pupil J visit her partner\u2019s caf\u00e9 and discussed her tattoos with the boy.<\/p>\n
Suggestions were made by an anonymous person that one of the tattoos was inspired by their relationship, according to the TRA report. In Ms Farron\u2019s representations submitted for the TRA proceedings, she said that she had discussed tattoos with students on multiple occasions, but had never encouraged any student to get any tattoo.<\/p>\n
She said that she could acknowledge how this situation might be interpreted. The ex-teacher accepted that with hindsight she should have guided them away from a location that she had a link to.<\/p>\n
The communication between the students and Ms Farron were sent using her school account, which the TRA found had amounted to misconduct of a serious nature. The report said there had been evidence her actions were deliberate and she acted dishonestly in asking at least one pupil to delete emails relevant to the school\u2019s investigation.<\/p>\n
Ms Farron expressed remorse in a reflective statement, saying she offered her deepest apologies to the student and their family for the distress and disruption her actions had caused. She added how she extended her apologies to her colleagues and the wider school community, and that she understood that her actions had undermined the trust placed in the profession and caused additional strain for those who remained dedicated to their students\u2019 success.<\/p>\n
She said with the benefit of hindsight, there were things she would do differently. She added it \u201csaddens [her] the most\u201d that \u201canyone might think that I would do anything other than safeguard a child,\u201d admitted her approach to relationship building as being poorly judged, leading her to overstep appropriate boundaries, and said she was \u201cprofoundly sorry\u201d for this.<\/p>\n
However, the TRA were satisfied to prohibit Ms Farron from teaching anywhere in England indefinitely. She may appeal the decision in three years\u2019 time.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for St John Bosco Arts College said: \u201cMs Farron was suspended from duty pending a formal investigation in 2024. Following a full and thorough internal investigation, they were dismissed.<\/p>\n
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