A Liverpool teacher has been struck off for ‘excessive’ emails sent to pupils.
Jennifer Farron admitted unacceptable professional conduct and failure to maintain appropriate professional boundaries in her role at St John Bosco Arts College.
The 34-year-old, who taught science at the all-girls school, had emailed two students out of hours and asked one to delete them while under investigation.
One of the students known as Pupil J was said to have exchanged nearly 160 emails with Farron while further communications were made with Pupil AM.
She was suspended by the Croxteth-based school in June 2024 after concerns were raised about her out of hours communication with Pupil J.
Farron, who had been employed by St John Bosco since September 2017, was sacked from her position in February 2025 following an investigation.
It was found that she had sent emails to pupils ‘late at night and in school holidays’ including 79 emails one in the 90 days prior to her suspension.
Many of the messages were exchanged between 2.14am and 10.44pm which fell outside the school’s communication policy hours of 7.30am to 6pm.
Farron failed to report when the same girl stated they had the ‘worst 24 hours of [their] life’ on New Year’s Eve due to potential safeguarding concerns.
She also did not report when the girl stated in another email that they ‘missed’ her as it indicated that a potential personal attachment was being formed.
Farron suggested that Pupil J visit her partner’s cafe and discuss her tattoos with him after suggestions one had been inspired by their relationship.
Ahead of a Teaching Regulation Agency hearing, she accepted that she had failed to maintain appropriate boundaries in communcation with Pupil J.
In a statement, the ex-teacher said she had apologised to the student and her family for the ‘distress and disruption’ that her actions had caused to them.
However the TRA concluded that Farron had not acknowledged ‘the impact her request had on Pupil AM’ in asking them to delete previous emails.
She was issued with an indefinite nationwide teaching ban which can be appealed within three years at the High Court.
A spokesperson for St John Bosco said: “Ms Farron was suspended from duty pending a formal investigation in 2024.
“Following a full and thorough internal investigation, they were dismissed.
“This outcome was referred to the Teaching Regulation Agency.“