A woman teacher seduced a 15-year-old schoolboy with the promise of a warm bed while her young children slept at her ex-husband’s house.
Hina Patel, a supply teacher at Birkdale High School for Boys near Southport, Merseyside, was suspended after admitting having sex with two 15-year-old teenagers earlier this year.
And on the eve of her sentencing, one of the boys has told of the steamy text messages he received from 37-year-old Patel, during a school day.
He slept with Patel at her home in after she led him up the stairs, saying: ‘Get in bed, the electric blanket’s on.’
The youngster – who is now 16 and cannot be named – said mother-of-two Patel gave him her phone number on a scrap of paper while he was in detention before they slept together in February while her children were away with their father.
‘I got sent to isolation and Hina was on duty,’ the schoolboy explained.
‘She was talking to me about why I got sent there and telling me to calm down.
‘Then, out of nowhere, she just slipped me her number on a little bit of paper. I was amazed and confused. I didn’t tell my mates straight away but I was texting her, trying to keep it quiet.
‘The first one said “Hiya, it’s me” and it just went from there.’
The teenager said that after around ten days of regularly messaging each other, even when both were in classes at school, he was invited to Patel’s home.
‘I asked her if her husband was home and she told me she was divorced and that’s where the kids were,’ he said. ‘She asked if I wanted to come around, and I said yes.
‘I was probably only gone about 90 minutes in total. It was so surreal.’
After the boy’s encounter at Patel’s home, he passed her phone number to his schoolfriend, who also began sending her text messages.
‘She text us both lots of weird stuff, that she loves us and stuff,’ the boy said.
‘One said: “My knees tremble when I see you”. Sometimes she would send us the exact same messages.
‘My friend had sex with her three or four times and he stayed over at her house once. She sent him a text saying: “It’s going to be a few more years before the tiger comes out”.’
Described as a ‘varied but demanding position’, her responsibilities included setting work for pupils, behaviour management and supervision.
Miss Patel was listed on the school website as being the wellbeing officer for the most junior pupils.
She also led pupils in helping to prepare a school magazine.
Birkdale High School: Patel worked as a supply teacher at the all boys’ school. She met the two 15-year-old pupils at her home in nearby Hightown
Patel was suspended as soon as the allegations emerged earlier this year.
‘I am appalled she used her position in such a way,’ said Birkdale headteacher Loveridge last month.
‘We are relieved we found out at such an early stage – but it just shows how you have to be very vigilant and your processes have to be robust.’
Patel pleaded guilty to two charges of abusing her position of trust by sexual misconduct at North Sefton Magistrates Court and will be sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court on Monday