TEACHER 48,SENT INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES TO A SCHOOL GIRL WHILE SEXTING HER MOM,BANNED FROM CLASSROOM FOR 2 YEARS

A teacher, who sent 'inappropriate' and 'sexually-motivated' messages to a teenage schoolgirl while sexting her mother, has been from the classroom for two years.
Martin Wrigley, 48, from Clitheroe in Lancashire, befriended the mother through his own daughters.
The woman's eldest daughter went on sleepovers and bowling trips with Wrigley and one of his daughters, while her youngest became his teacher's pet - winning competitions and being picked to play key roles in school plays.He also had a video of the youngest sister, 10, doing gymnastics.


Martin Wrigley, 48, from Clitheroe in Lancashire, befriended the mother through his own daughters

He said the messages became sexually explicit when they began discussing their home lives and she told him she was 'fed up and alone at night'.
But it wasn't until her husband arranged to meet him that he realised he had overstepped the mark between a teacher and parent. 
Wrigley failed to appear at his disciplinary hearing, where he was banned from the profession for at least two years.

Panel chairman Brian Hawkins said: 'The panel considered that showing favouritism to Pupil A (the younger sister) and inappropriately texting Pupil B (older sister), taken in the context of the relationship he had formed with their mother, showed a reckless disregard for the possible impact of his behaviour on the well-being of Pupils A and B. 

'In his teaching, Mr Wrigley had a number of informal warnings about his behaviour in becoming overfamiliar with pupils, thereby undermining professional boundaries. In ignoring this advice, Mr Wrigley demonstrated a cavalier attitude by not taking it on board and acting upon it. 

'The panel was also concerned that, despite being warned by Witness A (the husband) about his contact with Parent X (the mother) and its effect on their family, Mr Wrigley went on to engage in an inappropriate text exchange with Pupil B. 
'In addition, the retention of photographs compromised school policy and could potentially have affected the safeguarding of pupils.