A teacher has been found in bed
with one of her pupils on prom
night, by another student. Isabelle
Graham is accused of sleeping
with a 17-year-old pupil in a city
centre Travelodge.
She faces being kicked out of the
profession.
The hearing in Edinburgh was
shown a photograph of the room
which apparently showed Mrs
Graham in bed and the pupil near
the doorMrs Graham denies the
charges and claims to have no
recollection of events after 10.30pm,
having drunk four glass of wine.
The General Teaching Council for
Scotland (GTCS) accuses Mrs Graham
of going with the boy from an
upmarket Edinburgh hotel where the
prom took place in June 2014 to a
nearby Travelodge.
Then formed teacher at Whitburn
Academy, West Lothian, is alleged to
have spent three hours alone with
the teenager, drinking with him,
sharing a bed with him and
‘repeatedly engaged in sexual
activity’ with him.
The disciplinary panel heard from
Fraser Thomson, a council employee
who investigated the case.
Thomson said that the investigation
began senior teaching staff were
made aware that ‘a photograph had
been uploaded on social media’.
He described the photo, claiming it
shows a lady with long blonde hair
on a bed.
The photo was taken by another
pupil who was meant to be sharing a
room with Pupil A but returned
numerous times to find the teacher
in the room.
Thomson said evidence from
students outlined how they saw
‘Pupil A and Mrs Graham lying on
the bed, one on top of the covers and
one underneath the covers’.
Mrs Graham claims her first
recollection after 10.30pm was
‘when she woke up in her flat at
about 5.00am’.
She also admitted that four glasses of
wine would not normally intoxicate
her to that level, and said of the hair
in the photograph: ‘It looks like my
hair’. She denied recognising the
young man in the photograph.
The allegations sparked a police
investigation at the time – but no
charges were brought.
The main hearing followed a
procedural hearing on July 26 in
which Ms Graham applied to have
the hearing held in private, her
request was denied.
A spokesman for West Lothian
Council said: ‘Ms Graham is no
longer employed by West Lothian
Council and it would not be
appropriate to comment further.’
The hearing continues.
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