A teacher who slept with two of her pupils was more sociable with students than staff and behaved “as if she was one of the Year 11s”, a school insider has said.
Rebecca Joynes, 30, was convicted last week of sexual activity with children after she groomed one boy and became pregnant by another.
The scandal at the secondary school in Greater Manchester triggered a breakdown of relations between pupils and teachers, a former colleague told The Times, as a “toxic” atmosphere led to an exodus of “distraught” staff.
“They completely stopped trusting us,” the teacher said, adding that rumours spread following Joynes’s suspension that she had been buying alcohol for teenagers whom she had invited to a party at her flat.
As behaviour deteriorated