Lyndi Corston

Introduction

Lyndi Corston is an Early Years Foundation Stage supply teacher who worked through the agency Workwell Limited, trading as Engage Education, with regular placements at Rye Community Primary School. In January 2026 a professional conduct panel of the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) found proved that she had created an OnlyFans account including nudity, made sexually explicit videos which appeared on the internet, and appeared on pornographic websites described as a “granny schoolteacher”. The panel found the conduct amounted to unacceptable professional conduct and conduct that may bring the profession into disrepute, and on 20 January 2026 the decision maker for the Secretary of State prohibited her from teaching indefinitely. She may not apply to have the order set aside before 20 January 2028.

Background Information

According to the TRA decision, Corston was engaged on an agency basis by Workwell Limited trading as Engage Education. From around November 2022 she was regularly placed at Rye Community Primary School on short-term supply placements, and the School appeared to be pleased with her work. The decision gives her date of birth as 21 February 1964 and her teacher reference number as 8663700.

The conduct came to light in stages. On 11 September 2024, while working at the School, a colleague saw a push notification from OnlyFans on Corston’s phone. She accepted the account was hers, saying it involved nudity but no sexual acts and was not in her personal name, and she closed it and signed an enhanced code of conduct as asked. On 6 January 2025, Engage Education was notified that she had been identified on a pornographic website engaging in sexual activity, triggering an investigation, a LADO referral and a referral to the TRA.

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Admitted misconduct case. Corston admitted the facts of all the allegations and that they amounted to unacceptable professional conduct and conduct that may bring the profession into disrepute, signing a statement of agreed facts on 3 December 2025. The panel found all allegations proved on the papers, at a meeting held without a hearing at her request. It noted there was limited, first-hand direct evidence in relation to the allegations and Corston’s conduct, with no images or recordings in the bundle, and found no evidence she was coerced; her actions were voluntary. No pupil was found to have seen the content or been involved.

Under the allegations, on an unknown date in 2024 she created and/or appeared on an OnlyFans account which included nudity; between January 2023 and January 2025 she made a sexually explicit video or videos which appeared on the internet; and she appeared on pornographic websites under the description “granny schoolteacher”. In her statement of agreed facts she fully accepted creating and appearing on the account, appearing in an explicit video involving sexual intercourse available on the internet behind a paywall or freely available, willingly participating in its production, and the “granny schoolteacher” description. The panel found all three allegations proved on the balance of probabilities.

The panel accepted that Corston had a right to a private life, but held it was not unqualified. She was working as a teacher at the time, was required to comply with the School’s policies while placed there, and had accepted she was identifiable as a teacher in the video whether or not by positive choice. She placed no limitations on how the video could be used and was plainly at risk of being recognised, which happened. Members of the public, the panel said, rightly expect teachers to set a good example. The conduct, though outside the education setting, linked to the way she fulfilled her teaching role and could potentially have led to pupils being exposed to or influenced by it in a harmful way, and could not exclude older pupils becoming aware had the matters spread within the School community. It concluded the conduct fell significantly short of the standards expected of the profession, amounting to unacceptable professional conduct and conduct that may bring the profession into disrepute.

Public Reaction and Consequences

The panel found a strong public interest in maintaining confidence in the profession, since the explicit video publicly identified her as a teacher, and in declaring proper standards, the conduct being outside that which could reasonably be tolerated. In mitigation it noted an otherwise unblemished career, conduct outside the classroom with no direct impact on children, full admissions, an apology, and regret, remorse and some insight. But when first challenged in September 2024 her response had been somewhat different, referencing that she did not necessarily regret her choice and alluding to a right to a private life; her insight was “emerging rather than complete”. Finding no exceptional contribution to teaching that argued for her retention, it recommended a prohibition order with immediate effect and a two-year review period. Decision maker Stuart Blomfield placed considerable weight on the lack of full insight, carrying some risk of repetition, and concluded publication alone would not satisfy the public interest.

Current Status

By an order dated 20 January 2026, made on behalf of the Secretary of State by decision maker Stuart Blomfield, Corston is prohibited from teaching indefinitely and cannot teach in any school, sixth form college, relevant youth accommodation or children’s home in England. She may apply for the order to be set aside, but not until 20 January 2028, two years from the date of the order at the earliest. This is not automatic: a panel will consider any application, and without a successful one she remains prohibited indefinitely. She has a right of appeal to the High Court within 28 days of notice. The decision was published on 3 February 2026.

Impact on Their Career/Life

The prohibition order closes off Corston’s teaching career in England, ending a supply career the panel found had otherwise been unblemished and competent. Any return would require her, after 20 January 2028, to apply to have the order set aside and persuade a fresh panel she had gained further insight into the nature, effect and implications of her conduct and had not repeated the same or similar behaviour, which the panel said would be incompatible with a desire to return to teaching. Without a successful application, the indefinite prohibition stands.

Sources

• Teaching Regulation Agency, “Teacher misconduct panel outcome: Ms Lyndi Corston,” published 3 February 2026 — source