A MARRIED deputy head had sex multiple times with an art teacher in school cupboards and a classroom during a steamy two-year affair.
Liyarna Beamish was second in charge at Ribston Hall High School in when she embarked on the fling with Gareth Collins.
The 39-year-old romped with Collins, 45, in the school’s art room and locked supply cupboards - including during school hours while students were present nearby.
At the time she was married to media studies teacher Ross Beamish, who she is understood to have three children with.
Beamish and Collins admitted to the two-year sexual relationship, which was exposed when explicit sexual messages they sent on encrypted came to light.
The deputy head confirmed the liaisons took place “during the school day and after school” on “multiple occasions” over a “couple of years”.
She and Collins have now been banned from teaching after they were found to have committed unacceptable professional conduct.
chair Laura Mullin said: “Ms Beamish expressly admitted that she had engaged in sexual activities and sexual intercourse on the school premises during working hours with a member of teaching staff.
“She also expressly admitted that she used her mobile phone during school hours to send and receive messages of an explicit sexual nature.”
The Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) heard dad-of-two Collins admitted having sex with Beamish “sporadically” over a “few years” in his classroom and had “deep regrets”.
Their relationship was uncovered in June 2024 when school leaders received a tip-off about explicit messages arranging their hook-ups.
Beamish, who joined Ribston Hall in 2016, told the panel she took “many precautions to ensure that she would never be seen doing these acts”.
The mum also claimed the sexual messages she sent were “private” and “encrypted”.
But Ms Mullin said: “The implications for any pupil who had discovered [the messages] could have been serious.”
Beamish also claimed she was “emotionally manipulated” by Collins but the TRA panel determined both were willing participants.
The regulator said both teachers were seeking “sexual gratification” and “fell significantly short of the standards expected of the profession”.
Both Beamish and Collins cannot reapply to the teaching register for two years and have 28 days to appeal the ruling.
Signing off on the ban on behalf of education secretary Bridget Phillipson, civil servant David Oatley said: “The findings of misconduct are serious as they include a finding of engaging in sexual intercourse and/or activity with a colleague on school premises and during school hours.”
