Disgraced Dudley teacher who had a ‘101 day Snapchat streak’ with her child has been banned for life

A. dudley A primary school teacher who did a ‘101-day Snapchat series’ with a child has been banned from teaching for life. It was revealed that 31-year-old Ashley Nixon sent obscene photos to two of her former students and asked for illegal photos from one of them.

Worked at Peters Hill Primary School Brierley HillAt the time of the allegations. He was suspended from the school in October 2021 following allegations that he was communicating with former students of the school on social media.

The Teaching Regulation Agency’s misconduct panel heard Nixon regularly contacted the pair and sent them both explicit photographs. The board decided his actions amounted to ‘serious misconduct’ and banned him from teaching for life.

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‘101 day Snapchat series’

He worked at Peters Hill from 2016-2022. He was interviewed in September 2021. West Midlands Police Following the allegations, he sent inappropriate messages to two children.

The investigation was closed without further action in March 2022, but the matter was referred to the TRA in October. The panel heard the two boys had become ‘friends’ with Nixon on Snapchat.

A child, referred to as Child 2 at the hearing, developed a ‘101-day streak’. This meant they sent each other a picture or message every day for 101 days.

The panel was also presented with photographs of a call recording between Nixon and another child, referred to as Child 1, which recorded ’17 video or audio calls from or to him over a four-day period’. At the hearing, he said that he ‘reluctantly’ accepted the request to exchange numbers with Child 1 at a football match because he did not want to ‘upset’ them.

He acknowledged that communicating with children was ‘inappropriate’ but said his communication was always ‘appropriate in nature’.

The boy took the image of a ‘man lying on his front, showing his naked hips’

The panel considered allegations that Nixon sent illegal photos and videos to both children. The panel heard that Child 1 received ‘an image of a man lying on his front, showing his bare buttocks’ and a video ‘showing a pair of boxers being unbuttoned’; He knew both of these came from him.

The panel heard Boy 2 told police that Nixon had sent them three or four different photos of her buttocks on different occasions. At the beginning of the trial, Nixon admitted sending a photo of her buttocks and a video of her genitals to Child 1, but claimed she ‘did it by mistake’. He denied sending sexually explicit images to Child 2.

Regarding Child 1, Nixon claimed the messages were intended for an adult female friend. He claimed he was ‘in a rush’ and clicked on a name from the intended recipient. However, the board did not accept that he sent the messages by mistake, saying that he was an ‘experienced Snapchat user’ who was ‘aware’ that he was friends with underage children on Snapchat.

The panel also said the photo and video should have been sent separately, making it “incredible” that Nixon was “reckless enough to send two indecent images to the wrong recipient.” The panel also found Nixon guilty of sending sexually explicit images to Child 2, adding that this was “more likely than not” and asking them to send him an “image” of their bottoms.

The board also found Nixon guilty of inviting both students to ‘see his new home’. Neither attended.

Mr Nixon showed ‘limited insight or remorse’

After finding all the allegations substantiated, the panel determined that Nixon’s actions amounted to ‘both a failure to maintain appropriate professional boundaries and inappropriate communication.’ Panel members decided his messages were ‘sexual in nature’ and his behavior ‘fell significantly short of the standards expected from the profession’.

Despite hearing ‘positive comments’ from Nixon’s character references describing him as an ‘honest’ and ‘dedicated’ educator, the panel was of the view that Nixon showed ‘limited insight or remorse’ into his actions, meaning there was a risk of repetition. . The board decided on behalf of the Secretary of State that he should never be allowed to teach again.

Nixon was banned from teaching on October 29, 2024.