Teacher who encouraged Liverpool students to send her ‘affectionate’ emails banned
A science teacher at a Catholic girls’ school who encouraged students to send him ’emotional’ emails has been banned from her job.
Jennifer Farron has been banned from teaching indefinitely after a disciplinary hearing found she had “developed a culture” where students could contact her in the middle of the night and “express affection” for her.
The 34-year-old was working at St John Bosco College of Art in Liverpool from September 2017 before he was suspended in June 2024.
The investigation revealed “excessive” communication between Ms. Farron and two students; This included a student emailing him at 2.14am saying New Year’s Eve had been “the worst 24 hours of their life”.
It was revealed that Ms. Farron also deleted emails about the allegations and asked her students to delete them as well.
In the 90 days before the allegations emerged in June 2024, Ms. Farron had sent 79 emails to a student and received 80 emails in return.
Among them was the student who told Ms Farron they “missed” her during the school holidays.
Ms Farron also allegedly encouraged a student to get a tattoo similar to hers or to visit her partner’s cafe outside of school.
The Teaching Regulation Agency found that communication outside of work effectively blurs “a professional relationship with a more personal one”.
“The panel was of the opinion that Ms. Farron fostered a culture where students felt they could email her throughout the night and express their affection for her.”
Ms Farron was seen speaking to them about the problems they were having and it emerged she had failed to take “appropriate action” to protect “vulnerable” students.
Emails sent to and from students to Ms Farron through their school accounts ranged from 2.14am to 11.13pm.
He accepted all the allegations against him, but those related to the tattoo and the cafe could not be proven by the panel.
Ms Farron told the panel that “in hindsight” there were things she could have done differently and that she should have received “more help” from colleagues.
He also said it made him “sad” that “everyone thought I would do anything other than protect a child.”
In a decision made on May 11, 2026, Ms. Farron was banned from teaching indefinitely.
He/she can apply to have the banning order annulled, but cannot do so until May 2029 and has the right to appeal to the Supreme Court.
