Overview

• The affair began in 2022 and included multiple sexual encounters in the art room and locked supply cupboards during school hours.
• Encrypted messages arranging their liaisons prompted school leaders to launch an investigation in June 2024.
• Both Liyarna Beamish and Gareth Collins were dismissed by Ribston Hall High School in July 2024 after admitting to the relationship.
• In July 2025 a TRA panel ruled the conduct was sexually motivated, breached professional boundaries, and fell far below required teaching standards.
• The teachers face two-year bans from the register and have 28 days to appeal the prohibition orders.