Overview

• A Teaching Regulation Agency panel on May 30 ordered 34-year-old Cheyne Phillips removed from the teaching register indefinitely.
• The panel found he had sexual relations with one pupil and exchanged inappropriate messages and images with another via Instagram and Snapchat.
• Evidence included screenshots of explicit requests such as “Is this the part where I get lucky” and “Times ticking baby cakes.”
• Harbour Learning Trust said the incident was handled swiftly under former leadership and that it fully cooperated with investigators while reaffirming its student-safeguarding commitment.
• Phillips, who taught at Healing Academy from July 2016 to July 2022, denied the allegations in writing and did not attend the hearing.