Married Teacher Banned After Telling Teenage Pupil: ‘Shame I Couldn’t Get You Back Into My Cupboard’

A married teacher has been banned from classrooms after taking a pupil’s phone number and sending her flirty text messages.

James Samson, 46, asked for the teenage girl’s personal phone number after claiming he was ‘having problems with his e-mail’, and then started to hit on her over text.

The dad-of-two was a form tutor and head of geography at £46,000-a-year boarding school Luckley House in Berkshire.

Among the texts he sent: ‘Shame I couldn’t get you back into my cupboard… To find a folder (wink emoji).’

Another said: ‘I was just looking at you and not listening to (Person X) anyway.’

Another: ‘Hey you! You know you are more than welcome to come and chill in my room for revision whenever.’

And another: ‘Ah that’s nice, I have to say that I always find it far more enjoyable when you’re there too! Not sure why!’

How creepy is that?

Samson sent more than 40 pages of messages to the girl over WhatsApp, email and text between February 2023 and May 2024, a disciplinary panel heard.

He even sent late-night texts to her on Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve while he was at home with his wife and two kids.

The pupil said the messages made her ‘uncomfortable’ and described them as ‘weird’ and ‘un-teacher-like’.

She added: ‘It seemed there was something behind it but I wasn’t clear what.’

Oh, sweet innocent summer child.

Word got out, as it always does, and the school launched an investigation in June 2024, with Samson sacked the following month.

Samson admitted sending the messages but denied they were sexually motivated. I guess he really did need her help finding a folder in the cupboard, then? Come on now.

In the end, the disciplinary panel ruled Samson’s conduct was ‘highly inappropriate’ and ‘significantly short’ of expectations.

Samson has now been banned from the profession in England and cannot re-apply until April 2028. You would hope someone like this is never allowed back into a classroom again, but it seems he’ll at least have the opportunity to try in a couple years. One to keep an eye on, I reckon.

Since being struck off, Samson has found work as a ‘Professional Tree Inspector’.

For the teacher who was placed on leave after students caught him peeing into a bottle in the classroom, click HERE.