Teacher, 33, jailed for sex in her home with pupil of 16: Drama mistress met strangers for outdoor trysts while pursuing boy



Janette Kilner had sexual relationship with student from her London school

33-year-old taught the boy at school and then took him home for sex



She had also been going dogging for sex with men and women in car park

Kilner was struck off as teacher and jailed for 14 months



A senior teacher who had sex with a 16-year-old pupil has been jailed.



Janette Kilner, 33, pursued a relationship with the pupil, who is described as ‘bright’, after he gave her a bracelet as a Christmas gift.



In her position as her school’s deputy head of drama, she arranged for him to have extra tuition after classes and at weekends before exchanging explicit text messages and emails.



Crime: Kilner met the schoolboy at St Thomas the Apostle College, pictured, where she taught, and then took him home for sex

Kilner then cavorted with the boy in her car and took him back to her home for unprotected sex.



During this period she was also using the internet to meet women and men for night-time trysts in their vehicles in car parks – a practice known as dogging.



Snaresbrook Crown Court in East London heard that at the time of the boy giving her the gift Kilner was going through a difficult time. She had broken up with a boyfriend and her father was terminally ill.







Sentencing: Snaresbrook Crown Court heard the teacher had also been dogging at a public car park

She started spending more time with the pupil, who was studying for his GCSEs, after being flattered by his attention.



Prosecutor Gary Pons said Kilner taught the boy during his final year at St Thomas the Apostle College in Nunhead, South London.

‘It was during 2013 that their relationship developed beyond a teacher-pupil relationship and it did so gradually,’ he said. ‘First, it was with him among other children on a Saturday when they began to talk to each other and they became more and more personal.



‘They exchanged private email addresses and phone numbers in and around June 2013 and they began sending each other text messages clearly sexual in nature. She made arrangements to pick him up and it was improper behaviour during these car journeys.



‘Matters progressed to kissing as they would drive around the neighbourhood. On July 10 the defendant picked up the victim by a park and drove him to her house where they began to kiss.’

Mr Pons said Kilner began removing his clothes as they watched television. ‘She wanted him to go upstairs and he at first said no but eventually they do go upstairs and have full intercourse,’ he added.



Mr Pons said they had unprotected sex and that Kilner was meeting unknown men and women in car parks for sex during this time. The relationship came to light when the boy told two of his friends, who reported the incident to another teacher at the college.



The teacher informed the police and Kilner was arrested. She was suspended from the school on July 27. She made full admissions in police interviews but said the boy was not forced into anything.



Rebecca Blain, defending, said: ‘She made it clear there was no coercion. She does not have an attraction to children as this was a specific offence and that is made clear in the pre-sentence report.’

Kilner, who lived in Dagenham, Essex, pleaded guilty to six counts of sexual activity with a child by an adult in a position of trust. Sentencing her to 14 months imprisonment, Judge Judith Hughes QC, said: ‘This is a tragic case, having read the reports about you.



‘Clearly this is an offence of a serious breach of trust as you were his teacher.



‘It must be noted that the boy was a willing participant but that does not excuse the behaviour.

