Educating Yorkshire returned for another episode on Sunday night where the teachers discussed a concerning trend at school
22:28, 07 Sep 2025Updated 22:28, 07 Sep 2025
Educating Yorkshire viewers were quick to share their concern on Sunday’s episode as the teachers discussed a challenging new problem within schools.
During the latest episode, the staff discussed how AI is affecting the school more widely and how they must adapt to this ever-changing and very modern challenge.
At one point, teachers were concerned that one student had used AI to create their Shakespeare essay.
The English teacher pointed out: “I have tried to mark it and it’s actually really really good but way ahead than what the other students have managed…” as she asked another teacher, who had taught the same student the previous year, for their opinion.
Analysing the work, the teachers pointed out the use of subheadings, paragraphs, punctuation and hardly any spelling mistakes, suggesting the student had used AI.
Educating Yorkshire viewers were quick to share their concern on Sunday’s episode as the teachers discussed a challenging new problem within schools(Image: Channel 4)
The English teacher said: “I can’t prove it without speaking to her” and later she spoke to the student, who denied using AI for their essay.
Sharing their frustrations, the teacher said that if students use AI, they don’t know how to assess their skills and help make them better. The teacher also pointed out that if students deny using AI, how do you prove it.
Later in the episode, the show dealt with another incident using AI that happened over the weekend. A student had used AI to make a video of two students at school which was now being circulated on Snapchat.
Headmaster, Mr Burton, said: “AI is a new problem, schools are finding out what the right way to use AI is and utilise its capabilities and then also be aware of the potential pitfalls.”
During the latest episode, the staff discussed how AI is affecting the school more widely(Image: Channel 4)
Discussing the AI incident with another teacher, they commented: “It’s frightening what people can do with AI now, though, isn’t it?” to which Mr Burton responded: “Terrifying!”
Taking to Twitter, now X, viewers were quick to share their thoughts on AI and shared their sympathies for how teachers are supposed to deal with it, especially as technology is likely to advance.
One person said: “Can’t imagine how hard it is for teachers now with AI being so readily available #EducatingYorkshire” while a different account put: “AI’s a major problem for schools and higher education. #EducatingYorkshire.”
Meanwhile, another show watcher added: “I just don’t know how Teachers are going to stamp out kids using AI to do their homework.. #educatingyorkshire.”
Educating Yorkshire continues on Sunday nights at 8pm on Channel 4.
TRANS teachers can ask their pupils to call them Mx instead of Mr or Mrs, the Education Secretary has said.
Bridget Phillipson said they have the right to “make that request” of them.
She told LBC: “But of course, what we’ll be looking at is making sure that people are able to exercise their views on this topic too.
“This has been the subject of various legal cases as well about people’s rights in terms of how they approach questions of gender identity.”
The prefix Mx is used by some trans people as a gender-neutral way of saying Mr or Mrs.
Ms Phillipson has also been criticised for failing to publish long-awaited trans guidance for schools after more than a year in power.
She inherited draft guidance from the Tories that said that teachers should adopt a “cautious approach” to children wanting to socially transition by living like the opposite sex.
Ms Phillipson said she wanted to take time to review the policies — but has still not produced them 13 months into the job.
Yesterday she could not say when the guidance would finally be released, despite concerned parents asking for it.
Tory Shadow Education Secretary Laura Trott said last night: “The guidance for schools on gender-questioning children is ready to go.
“It will give schools the clarity they need, end the confusion and help safeguard children.
“No more excuses from the Education Secretary, she just needs to get on with it.”
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Trans teachers can ask their pupils to call them Mx instead of Mr or Mrs, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has saidCredit: Alamy
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“Thank you so much for showing up this morning,” Sharon Nicholls said into a megaphone at 8 a.m. Wednesday outside a Home Depot in Pasadena.
As of Friday afternoon, no federal agents had raided the store on East Walnut Street. But the citizen brigade that stands watch outside and patrols the parking lot in search of ICE agents has not let down its guard—especially not after raids at three other Home Depots in recent days despite federal court rulings limiting sweeps.
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Steve Lopez is a California native who has been a Los Angeles Times columnist since 2001. He has won more than a dozen national journalism awards and is a four-time Pulitzer finalist.
About two dozen people gathered near the tent that serves as headquarters of the East Pasadena Community Defense Center. Another dozen or so would be arriving over the next half hour, some carrying signs.
“Silence is Violence”
“Migrants Don’t Party With Epstein”
Cynthia Lunine, 70, carried a large sign that read “Break His Dark Spell” and included a sinister image of President Trump. She said she was new to political activism, but added: “You can’t not be an activist. If you’re an American, it’s the only option. The immigration issue is absolutely inhumane, it’s un-Christian, and it’s intolerable.”
Anit-ICE activists march through the Home Depot in Pasadena on Aug. 6.
(Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)
There are local supporters, for sure, of Trump’s immigration crackdown. Activists told me there aren’t many days in which they don’t field shouted profanities or pro-Trump cheers from Home Depot shoppers.
But the administration’s blather about a focus on violent offenders led to huge demonstrations in greater Los Angeles beginning in June, and the cause continues to draw people into the streets.
Dayena Campbell, 35, is a volunteer at Community Defense Corner operations in other parts of Pasadena, a movement that followed high-profile raids and was covered in the Colorado Boulevard newspaper and, later, in the New York Times. A fulltime student who works in sales, Campbell was also cruising the parking lot at the Home Depot on the east side of Pasadena in search of federal agents.
She thought this Home Depot needed its own Community Defense Corner, so she started one about a month ago. She and her cohort have more than once spotted agents in the area and alerted day laborers. About half have scattered, she said, and half have held firm despite the risk.
When I asked what motivated Campbell, she said:
“Inhumane, illegal kidnappings. Lack of due process. Actions taken without anyone being held accountable. Seeing people’s lives ripped apart. Seeing families being destroyed in the blink of an eye.”
Anywhere from a handful to a dozen volunteers show up daily to to hand out literature, patrol the parking lot and check in on day laborers, sometimes bringing them food. Once a week, Nicholls helps organize a rally that includes a march through the parking lot and into the store, where the protesters present a letter asking Home Depot management to “say no to ICE in their parking lot and in their store.”
Nicholls is an LAUSD teacher-librarian, and when she asks for support each week, working and retired teachers answer the call.
“I’m yelling my lungs out,” said retired teacher Mary Rose O’Leary, who joined in the chants of “ICE out of Home Depot” and “No hate, no fear, immigrants are welcome here.”
Sharon Nicholls gets a hug of support from another protester outside the Home Depot in Pasadena.
(Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)
“Immigrants are what make this city what it is … and the path to legal immigration is closed to everybody who doesn’t have what, $5 million or something?” O’Leary said, adding that she was motivated by “the Christian ideal of welcoming the stranger.”
Retired teacher Dan Murphy speaks Spanish and regularly checks in with day laborers.
“One guy said to me, ‘We’re just here to work.’ Some of the guys were like, ‘We’re not criminals … we’re just here … to make money and get by,’” Murphy said. He called the raids a flexing of “the violent arm of what autocracy can bring,” and he resents Trump’s focus on Southern California.
“I take it personally. I’m white, but these are my people. California is my people. And it bothers me what might happen in this country if people don’t stand firm … I just said, ‘I gotta do something.’ I’m doing this now so I don’t hate myself later.”
Nicholls told me she was an activist many years ago, and then turned her focus to work and raising a family. But the combination of wildfires, the cleanup and rebuilding, and the raids, brought her out of activism retirement.
“The first people to come out after the firefighters—the second-responders—were day laborers cleaning the streets,” Nicholls said. “You’d see them in orange shirts all over the city, cleaning up.”
The East Pasadena Home Depot is “an important store,” because it’s a supply center for the rebuilding of Altadena, “and we’re going out there to show our love and solidarity for our neighbors,” Nicholls said. To strike the fear of deportation in the hearts of workers, she said, is “inhumane, and to me, it’s morally wrong.”
Nicholls had a quick response when I asked what she thinks of those who say illegal is illegal, so what’s left to discuss?
“That blocks the complexity of the conversation,” she said, and doesn’t take into account the hunger and violence that drive migration. Her husband, she said, left El Salvador 35 years ago during a war funded in part by the U.S.
Pablo Alvarado, right, co-director of National Day Laborer Organizing Network, speaks to Anti-ICE protesters on Aug. 6.
(Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)
They have family members with legal status and some who are undocumented and afraid to leave their homes, Nicholls said. I mentioned that I had written about Pasadena Mayor Victor Gordo, who was undocumented as a child, and has kept his passport handy since the raids began. In that column, I quoted Gordo’s friend, immigrant-rights leader Pablo Alvarado, director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network.
“Full disclosure,” Nicholls said, “[Alvarado] is my husband.”
It was news to me.
When the raids began, Nicholls said, she told her husband, “I have the summer off, sweetie, but I want to help, and I’m going to call my friends.”
On Wednesday, after Nicholls welcomed demonstrators, Alvarado showed up for a pep talk.
“I have lived in this country since 1990 … and I love it as much as I love the small village where I came from in El Salvador,” Alvarado said. “Some people may say that we are going into fascism, into authoritarianism, and I would say that we are already there.”
He offered details of a raid that morning at a Home Depot in Westlake and said the question is not whether the Pasadena store will be raided, but when. This country readily accepts the labor of immigrants but it does not respect their humanity, Alvarado said.
“When humble people are attacked,” he said, “we are here to bear witness.”
Nicholls led demonstrators through the parking lot and into the store, where she read aloud the letter asking Home Depot to take a stand against raids.
Outside, where it was hot and steamy by mid-morning, several sun-blasted day laborers said they appreciated the support. But they were still fearful, and desperate for work.
Jorge, just shy of 70, practically begged me to take his phone number.
The L.A. teachers union and its allies held a rally Saturday calling on the school district to more aggressively fight for immigrant families, including by demanding that the federal government return all detained and deported students to Los Angeles.
School district officials — in both a statement and at the rally — downplayed the union’s confrontational tone and said they are united, along with various constituent groups, in supporting immigrant families.
The Saturday rally was held outside school district headquarters and included a march through downtown. It drew about 500 raucous participants, many of them wearing the bright red shirts associated with United Teachers Los Angeles, which represents about 38,000 teachers, counselors, social workers, nurses and librarians.
“Education not deportation,” they chanted.
And: “Say it loud! Say it clear! Immigrants are welcome here!”
Speakers at the rally included rising senior Vanessa Guerrero, who attends the nearby Miguel Contreras Learning Complex. She spoke about a classmate who was seized and deported.
“She was going to be a senior this year,” Vanessa said. “She’s known for coming to school every day, working hard, and she was an honors student. She did contribute to the community of the school. And was a great person.”
Her classmate and the girl’s mother were seized when they attended an immigration appointment, said Vanessa and others.
“Honestly, everybody is terrified,” Vanessa said.
The union called for a directly confrontational approach with the Trump administration — including involvement in litigation to protect immigrant rights. The school system is not currently involved in litigation with the Trump administration, officials said, although district leaders have strongly criticized its actions.
Specific union demands include establishing a two-block perimeter around schools where immigration agents would not be allowed.
It’s not clear that district officials or staff would have jurisdiction beyond school grounds.
Kindergarten teacher Esther Calderon joins hundreds of other educators in a Saturday rally calling for better protections and support for immigrant students and families.
(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
The union also called for a “formal campaign” that would work with families to update emergency cards and add additional trusted adults to the list of a family’s contacts, in case, for example, a student’s parents are detained.
L.A. schools Supt. Alberto Carvalho has said outreach for this purpose is ongoing.
The union also is calling for counselors to be paid to return to work prior to the first day of school to make sure families affected or potentially affected by immigration enforcement are willing and prepared to have their children return to school.
It’s not clear how many students or family members of students have been taken into custody or deported. The school district does not collect information on immigration status. A few cases have become high profile and widely reported on. In other instances, however, both district policy and privacy protections limit what the school system discloses.
Union leaders said they also want the district to provide food and personal care items “to undocumented families who are sheltering in place in their homes,” as well as provide a virtual learning option for students “who are afraid to attend school in person because of immigration raids.”
And they called for the district to develop a “pathway” for students who have been deported to earn their LAUSD diplomas through virtual completion of all required high school units, and to be a “leader” in providing legal support for all those affected by the immigration raids — including school staff who stand up in defense of immigrants.
The superintendent’s office had no immediate response to the specific demands, but school board President Scott Schmerelson said the district would consider any steps to protect and support families.
Schmerelson attended the Saturday rally as a spectator.
“Some of these ideas seem very workable,” Schmerelson said. “The superintendent is working on the safe passageways,” he said, referring to the concept of a safety perimeter.
In their chants, union members vowed to shut the school system down if it did not meet their demands — even though their hostility was more clearly directed toward the federal government.
“This violence affects all of us,” said UTLA President Cecily Myart-Cruz. “Immigrant students are Black, they’re brown and they’re Asian. And the trauma inflicted on these communities impacts every single one of them. When a student is torn from their family or lives in fear, their classmates feel it, too.”
She added: “The mental well-being of entire classrooms is at stake. That is why we demand LAUSD join educators in publicly calling our local and state leaders for the immediate return of all students who have been deported or detained so that they can resume their education.”
In a statement in response to the union rally, the school system emphasized shared goals.
“It is clear that Los Angeles Unified and our labor partners are united in our deep commitment to protect every student, including our immigrant children,” the statement said. “Together, we will continue to take every measure necessary to ensure that all children in Los Angeles are safe, supported, and educated — rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution.”
At his traditional back-to-school address — classes begin Aug. 13 — Carvalho saluted two principals who, along with their staff, turned away immigration agents at two elementary school campuses.
The agents — who stopped at the schools on the same morning in April — said they were doing welfare checks on particular students but provided no documentation to support this claim.
The principals turned them away.
“You became shields, protecting the innocent lives of 7-, 8-, 10-year-olds from fear they should never, ever know,” Carvalho said in his remarks. “Yes, you followed protocol, but more importantly, you followed your conscience. Because of your conviction, … an unimaginable day did not become an unthinkable tragedy.”
School district officials have touted a list of measures taken to protect students and families and characterize campuses as a safe environment from which federal immigration agents will be excluded to the fullest extent of the law.
The union is involved in contract negotiations with Los Angeles Unified, the nation’s second-largest school system. It’s standard practice for the union to rally members around its contract demands and put pressure on the school system at this stage of negotiations, but Saturday’s rally was almost entirely focused on supporting those affected by immigration sweeps targeting the L.A. area under the Trump administration.
This picture of Renee Smajstrla was taken at Camp Mystic on Thursday, her uncle wrote on Facebook
Young attendees and staff at summer camps are among the victims of flash floods in Texas – along with teachers, a football coach, and a “hero” father who smashed open a window to free his family amid rising water.
Authorities say at least 104 people are known to have died – most of them in Kerr County. At least 27 girls and staff died at one location, Camp Mystic, alone.
Many of the victims have been identified in the US media by their relatives. Here is what we know so far about those who have been named – many of whom were children.
Renee Smajstrla
Camp Mystic is a nearly century-old Christian summer camp for girls on the banks of the Guadalupe River near the community of Hunt.
Operated by generations of the same family since the 1930s, the camp’s website bills itself as a place for girls to grow “spiritually” in a “wholesome” Christian atmosphere “to develop outstanding personal qualities and self-esteem”.
Renee Smajstrla, 8, was at the camp when floodwaters swept through, her uncle said in a Facebook post.
“Renee has been found and while not the outcome we prayed for, the social media outreach likely assisted the first responders in helping to identify her so quickly,” wrote Shawn Salta.
“We are thankful she was with her friends and having the time of her life, as evidenced by this picture from yesterday,” he wrote. “She will forever be living her best life at Camp Mystic.”
Watch: Volunteers help lead search for their neighbours after Texas flooding
Lila Bonner
Nine-year-old Lila Bonner, a Dallas native, was found dead after flooding near Camp Mystic, according to NBC News.
“In the midst of our unimaginable grief, we ask for privacy and are unable to confirm any details at this time,” her family told the news outlet.
“We ache with all who loved her and are praying endlessly.”
Eloise Peck
Eloise Peck, 8, was also confirmed dead after the deluge at Camp Mystic, according to CBS News Texas. US media reported that she was best friends with Lila Bonner.
A sign posted outside Eloise Peck’s home said “she lost her life in the tragic flooding”, and asked for privacy for the family.
Sarah Marsh
Camp Mystic
Sarah Marsh, a student at Cherokee Bend Elementary School in Alabama, would have entered third grade in August.
She, too, was attending Camp Mystic and her grandmother, Debbie Ford Marsh, posted online to say that her granddaughter was among the girls killed.
“We will always feel blessed to have had this beautiful spunky ray of light in our lives. She will live on in our hearts forever!” she wrote.
In a post on Facebook, Alabama Senator Katie Britt said she was “heartbroken over the loss of Sarah Marsh, and we are keeping her family in our thoughts and prayers during this unimaginable time”.
Janie Hunt
Nine-year-old Janie Hunt from Dallas, was attending the same camp and died in the floods.
Her grandmother Margaret Hunt told The New York Times she went to Camp Mystic with six of her cousins, who were all safe.
Margaret said Janie’s parents had to visit a funeral home and identify their daughter.
Janie was a great-granddaughter of the oil baron William Herbert Hunt.
Hanna and Rebecca Lawrence
Twin sisters Hanna and Rebecca Lawrence, 8, also died after attending Mystic, their grandfather told the Miami Herald.
“It has been an unimaginable time for all of us,” grandfather David Lawrence Jr told the newspaper in a statement. “Hanna and Rebecca gave their parents John and Lacy and sister Harper, and all in our family, so much joy.”
David had earlier clarified that the twins’ elder sister Harper was safe.
Watch: Senator Ted Cruz talks about the children lost at Camp Mystic
Dick Eastland
Richard “Dick” Eastland, the longtime co-owner and co-director of Camp Mystic, died while being flown to a Houston hospital.
The news was confirmed by Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly, who attended Bible study with Dick and described him as a pillar of the local community.
Dick’s wife, Tweety, was found safe at their riverside home, according to Texas Public Radio.
The Eastlands had run Camp Mystic, a girls’ summer camp on the banks of the Guadalupe River, since 1974, becoming the third generation of their family to do so.
According to the Washington Post, the couple had 11 grandchildren and much of the extended family was involved in camp life.
The couple’s eldest son, Richard, manages the camp kitchen and their youngest, Edward, directs operations with his wife.
Chloe Childress
Chloe Childress was one of Mystic’s camp counsellors. The 18-year-old’s death was announced by her former high school.
“Chloe made space for others to feel safe, valued, and brave. She understood what it meant to be part of a community, and more than that, she helped build one,” the headteacher of Kinkaid School wrote in a letter.
She was due to start studies at the University of Texas in Austin later this year, ABC News added.
Jane Ragsdale
Heart O’ the Hills
Jane Ragsdale was described as the “heart and soul” of Heart O’ the Hills camp
Heart O’ the Hills is another all-girls’ camp that sits along the Guadalupe River, which was in the path of Friday’s flood.
Jane Ragsdale, described as the “heart and soul” of Heart O’Hills, “did not make it”, a statement shared on the camp’s official website said on Saturday.
Ragsdale, who started off as a camper then a counsellor, became the director and co-owner of the camp in 1976.
“We are mourning the loss of a woman who influenced countless lives and was the definition of strong and powerful,” the statement said.
No campers were residing at the site when the floods hit and and most of those who were there have been accounted for, according to the statement.
Julian Ryan
GoFundMe
As floodwaters tore through their trailer in Ingram, Texas, Julian Ryan turned to his fiancée Christina Wilson and said: “I’m sorry, I’m not going to make it. I love y’all” – Christina told Houston television station KHOU.
His body wasn’t recovered until hours later, after waters had receded.
Julian had just finished a late dishwashing shift at a restaurant when the Guadalupe River overflowed early Friday.
He and Christina woke to ankle-deep water that quickly rose to their waists. She told the station their bedroom door stuck shut and with water rushing in, Ryan punched through a window to get his family out. He severely cut his arm in the process.
Their 13-month-old and 6-year-old sons and his mother survived by floating on a mattress until help could arrive.
“He died a hero, and that will never go unnoticed,” Connie Salas, Ryan’s sister, told KHOU.
Katheryn Eads
Katheryn Eads, 52, was swept away by floodwaters in the Kerrville area of Texas, early on Friday morning after she and her husband, Brian, who told The New York Times, fled their campervan as rising water surged around them.
Another camper had offered them a ride and they made it across the street before the vehicle stalled in the flood.
Moments later, both were pulled into the current. Brian said he lost sight of his wife after being struck by debris. He survived by clinging onto a tree until he reached dry land.
Katheryn’s body was later recovered.
“God has her now,” her mother, Elizabeth Moss Grover, wrote on Facebook.
Amy Hutchinson, director of Olive Branch Counselling in Texas, where Katheryn had worked, told The Washington Post she was “a hope and a light to all who knew her… a stellar counsellor and professor.”
Jeff Wilson
Humble ISD
Teacher Jeff Wilson was also killed in Kerrville, according to the local school authority, which said he was a “beloved teacher and co-worker” who had served the district for more than 30 years.
His wife and son were still missing, according to the post by the Humble Independent School District.
The group were on a camping trip when flooding struck, CBS News Austin reported.
Reece and Paula Zunker
The death of another teacher, Reece Zunker, was announced by a second Texan schools authority.
The football coach died alongside his wife Paula, according to Kerrville Independent School District. Their two children are still missing, the district’s Facebook post added.
“Reece was a passionate educator”, the Facebook post said. Paula, a former teacher, also “left a lasting mark”, the impact of which continued to be felt.
Blair and Brooke Harber
Two sisters from Dallas – 13-year-old Blair Harber and 11-year-old Brooke Harber – were staying with their grandparents along the Guadalupe River when their cabin was washed away, CBS News reported.
The deaths were confirmed by St Rita Catholic Community, where Brooke was due to start sixth grade. Blair was preparing to enter eighth grade.
“Please keep the Harber family in your prayers during this time of profound grief. May our faith, our love, and our St. Rita community be a source of strength and comfort in the days ahead,” said Father Joshua J Whitfield in correspondence with church members.
The girls’ parents were in a separate cabin and were not harmed. Their grandparents are still unaccounted for.
Bobby and Amanda Martin
Husband and wife Bobby Martin, 46, and Amanda Martin, 44, also lost their lives, Mr Martin’s father told the New York Times.
They, too, were said to be staying near the river when their vehicle was swept away by rising flood waters.
Bobby was described by a friend who spoke to the Houston Chronicle as a keen outdoorsman and attentive friend, and Amanda was the “same shining light”.
Tanya Burwick
Walmart employee Tanya Burwick, 62, was driving to work in San Angelo when flood water hit early on Friday, family members said.
Her empty vehicle and later her body were found the same day.
“She lit up the room and had a laugh that made other people laugh,” her daughter Lindsey Burwick was quoted as saying by the AP news agency.
Sally Sample Graves
Grandmother Sally Sample Graves was another victim of the flooding in Kerrville, according to her granddaughter, who posted a tribute on Facebook.
A huge wave is said to have destroyed Sally’s home.
“Her unwavering dedication to family has left an indelible mark on our lives,” Sarah Sample wrote. Her father survived the incident, she added.
Kaitlyn Swallow
The death of 22-year-old Kaitlyn Swallow in Williamson County was announced by county officials on Saturday.
She was from the Liberty Hill area, and her body was recovered alongside the remains of another person. Officials did not give further information.
A TEACHER’S secret OnlyFans account was exposed by kids “excitedly” sharing the X-rated snaps around school.
Kirsty Buchan, also known as Jessica Jackrabbit x, was a staff member at Bannerman High School, in Glasgow, when she joined the adult platform.
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The former teacher resigned after her OnlyFans profile was discoveredCredit: Kirsty Buchan
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The 34-year-old was today struck off from the profession by the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS)Credit: Kirsty Buchan
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The mum-of-one taught Physics at Bannerman High School, in GlasgowCredit: Kirsty Buchan
A disciplinary hearing was told the mum-of-one’s profile was discovered by pupils in 2022 and reported to headteacher Seonaidh Black.
Pictures of Ms Buchan, 34, “posing in lingerie” were handed over by shocked students.
In her bio she admitted to being a “good teacher gone bad… really bad”.
The profile was also easily accessible, requiring no payment or sign up.
Ms Black told the hearing: “I was approached by some S5 and S6 boys, who were very excited.
“They were saying things like, ‘Have you heard the news’. I said something like ‘I don’t know what you’re talking about’ as I did not want to engage them in this kind of conversation.
“I was then told something like, ‘If you haven’t heard, when you do, you’re going to go ballistic. Look out for Jessica Jackrabbit’.
“As I came back into the building, at least two staff stopped to ask me if I knew about Kirsty. It was obvious at this point that everyone knew what was going on.”
Ms Buchan, who had originally been a pupil at the school before teaching there, did not attend the hearing.
In her absence, the headteacher described the OnlyFans model as a “teacher who wanted to do a good job”.
Glamorous futsal player who was sacked after OnlyFans posts now earning 100 times more selling adult content
However there had been several occasions when she “was not always clear on boundaries”.
She told the panel she was referring to “having poor judgement” when it came to being open about sharing her social media with pupils.
One concerned mother had even contacted Ms Black and reported how her son left messages for Ms Buchan on her OnlyFans profile.
The 34-year-old quit her job shortly after her adult content platform was discovered.
She claimed to rake in £60,000 in just one month through her X-rated page.
Ms Buchan argued she signed up because she needed some extra cash after her wages decreased.
Ms Black added how “there’s still talk” about the ordeal now.
Hannah Oakley, who investigated the case for GTCS, told the hearing Ms Buchan did not “ensure that her profile picture and bio” was not accessible to those under 18.
The panel found all allegations to be proven and she was today struck off from the profession by the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS).
Panel member Mr Burton said she was unfit to teach and there was a “significant blurring of boundaries between her private life and her professional life”.
He added how she “used her profession in her bio as a selling tool”.
Mr Burton said Ms Buchan’s actions were “fundamentally incompatible with being a registered teacher”.
The Loose Women panellists are believed to be enraged over the huge shake-up at ITV, which will see the programme taken off air for almost half of the year
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13:42, 22 May 2025
The Loose Women stars are said to be locked in a feud over younger on-screen talent(Image: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)
Older members of the Loose Women panel are believed to be vowing to “fight” against the younger stars. It comes amidst a huge shake-up at ITV, which will see a huge overhaul of their daytime scheduling, affecting various shows.
The network announced earlier this week that Loose and Lorraine Kelly’s self-titled show will see its time on air cut to just 30 weeks of the year, rather than airing on a continuous basis. Despite This Morning being hit with a huge dip in viewing figures, the show will not be affected.
Lorraine’s programme has also taken another hit and will air for just half an hour, rather than an hour, as Good Morning Britain has been extended for an extra 30 minutes. But tension at Loose is believed to be at an all-time high, with panellists feeling as though they’re on a probation period.
The Loose Women stars have been left enraged over the younger members of the panel who’ve been branded ‘teachers’ pets’(Image: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)
The majority of the panel have been through ITV cuts and the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009 and have come out the other side. But the news this week is said to have left them blindsided. A source said: “They feel like often all the negative criticism is levelled at them, the odd ‘out of touch’ comment, whereas with the new panellists such as Liv and Grace, there is a buzz around them because they have that different point of view.”
Sources have said that older member’s of the panel have nothing to worry about(Image: ITV)
They added to The Sun: “Execs have also proudly pro-claimed how the youngsters have brought with them a much-needed new audience — and now all of a sudden the older panellists feel like they are going to have to fight for their places against these shiny teachers’ pets. It’s now five months or so for them to prove their worth and sing for their supper.”
But a source at the network said that the older panellists on Loose Women are “highly valued and celebrated”. They added that while there are reports of the panel “fighting” to get time on the show, the Loose Women podcast and Over 60 and Over 70s specials will “keep everyone busy.”
It’s claimed that regular anchors, including Christine, Kaye Adams, Ruth Langsford and Charlene White, are all safe in their positions but many have been left worried that bosses will meticulously look over their social media posts, episode ratings and audience polling results.
GK Barry and Frankie Bridge have apparently been a hit with bosses(Image: ITV)
Reports claim that many of the panellists feel they will now have to ‘audition for their role’ and tensions will rise as they continue to demonstrate how bold and feisty they can all be. Over the years, viewers have seen clashes between each of the panellists, with former star Carol McGiffin allegedly clashing with Andrea McLean after she was left off the invite list for her wedding.
Carol took to her Best Magazine column to highlight this, writing, “I’m ecstatic for them both, even though I wasn’t invited to the wedding. Andrea’s managed to squeeze in two weddings in less time than I’ve been engaged to Mark, which is a bit embarrassing, to say the least.”
Speaking in 2014, Mylene Klass, who often appears on the panel, hit out following a clash with broadcaster and journalist, Janet Street-Porter. On the show, Janet lost her temper with the star, saying,”I’m happiest when I’m not sat next to you Myleene!”
Janet has never shied away from sharing her thoughts on the panellists (Image: ITV)
Following this, the singer took to social media to vent: “I love Loose Women. It’s nice to be able to articulate and get things out there. But I feel it was getting a bit misogynistic, a bit post-menopausal or pre-menopausal and ranty. That’s not how women should be represented so it’s nice they’ve refreshed the panel and we can talk about politics, fashion designers and what else is going on in the week.
“It’s a show for women but I don’t feel like it empowered me. People think you’re best friends with everybody on Loose Women. You’re absolutely not. You have to just tolerate [some people] because you’ve got to get the job done.”
Elsewhere, speaking out last year, McGiffin fumed: “I don’t regret leaving – I don’t fit in there any more. Someone, somewhere, will be offended by absolutely everything. I’d rather not be on a show that panders to that. It’s boring – and I won’t be told what I can or can’t say.”
Despite her ongoing clash with the show, she has remained close to Denise Welch, Kaye, Jane Moore and Nadia Sawalha. But, Carol, who never refrains from speaking her mind, told Women’s Own: “Some, I have nothing in common with. As I said to them, ‘You’re not friends, you’re just people I work with, who I really like.’ Which horrified them.”
