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EXCLUSIVE PE teacher who had sex with a pupil and sent flirtatious texts and selfies to another is pictured after being banned from the classroom
A super-fit PE teacher who had sex with a pupil and sent flirtatious texts and selfies to another has been banned from the classroom for life.
Married Cheyne Phillips, 34, was Deputy Head of PE at Healing Science Academy, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, when he started the inappropriate relationships, a Teaching Regulation Agency disciplinary panel was told.
The fitness fanatic, who competed in combat sports and ran marathons worked at the school between 6 July 2016 to 22 July 2022.
In that period Phillips raised more than £6,000 for a seriously ill child by running a Yorkshire marathon.
During that time he had regular sexual encounters with Pupil B, who also sent him 'nudes' and he flirted with Pupil A on Instagram asking 'how's the head game?'
The panel heard that on 6 October 2021 Pupil A's mother made a complaint to the school after she saw messages from Phillips which she considered were sexual in nature.
On 15 November 2021, Pupil B's mother reported that she had become aware that Pupil B, who had recently left the school, had been engaging in sexual activity with Phillips since July 2021. She reported that Pupil B had also received a number of messages from Mr Phillips that were sexual in nature.
Humberside Police, the school and the Local Authority Designated Officer ('LADO') proceeded to investigate the allegations.
The panel found Phillips:
Followed Pupil A on Instagram
Sent one or more photographs of himself to Pupil A
Received photos and videos of Pupil A
Made one or more comments of a sexual nature/innuendo and/or inappropriate nature towards Pupil A
Told Pupil A,'ur a secret'
The panel found Phillips engaged in an inappropriate relationship with Pupil A.
Regarding Pupil B, the panel found Phillips:
Communicated with her via email and/or Instagram and/or Snapchat;
Winked at Pupil B on one or more occasions;
Received one or more explicit photographs of Pupil B
Stated to Pupil B 'your bum in that suit'
Asked Pupil B 'am I going to make the first move, or are you?'
Pupil B submitted that on 3 July 2021, Mr Phillips added her on Instagram and Pupil B followed him back. Pupil B indicated that afterwards they continued messaging on Instagram and their messages moved to Snapchat from July.
Pupil B stated that when they had connected on Instagram Phillips started to message her and repeatedly tried to arrange to meet up.
Phillips had flirtatiously complemented her on her leggings whilst she was walking a dog and later kissed her in a car park after he'd been meeting fellow teachers.
On a later date Phillips parked near her house and she went to meet him, and they drove to the car park. The first thing he said to her was 'are you gonna make the first move or am I'.
Pupil B stated that she did not know what to do and would not have initiated anything as she was young and naïve. Mr Phillips was persistently trying to meet up and Pupil B confirmed that they met up, in total, on five or so occasions.
Pupil B stated that they would talk on Snapchat but also exchanged some explicit images. Pupil B explained that Phillips would request explicit images. Pupil B recalled specifically that she sent to him two pictures of herself in the shower naked and a video of her in the shower naked and touching herself intimately. She recalled she also sent him two images where, respectively, the bottom of her breasts and her thong were shown. She also recalls that Mr Phillips sent her a couple of images of him topless and wearing boxer shorts.
Pupil B stated that shortly after this on another day Phillips had arranged to meet her and had collected her in his car. He had driven to the car park and he started kissing her and put his hand on her leg and started to rub it. She stated that he then moved his hand up and started to touch her private parts over her leggings and said to her 'next time you need to wear something looser. Pupil B stated that he then said to her 's**k me off', so she did, and after this he dropped her back home.
Pupil B stated that she believed that she met up with Phillips five times in total, and stated that she had sex with him on two of those occasions, and the first three times they met up they did 'sexual things' but didn't have sex. She stated that they kissed, she performed a sex act on him, and he digitally penetrated her.
The panel was satisfied that Phillips was guilty of unacceptable professional conduct and prohibited from teaching indefinitely.
