Tatiana Wanietikina
Introduction
Tatiana Wanietikina is a former mathematics teacher at Brampton Manor Academy in London who was prohibited from teaching in November 2025 after admitting that, during lessons on 15 October 2024, she made a four-hour run of racist, derogatory and misogynistic comments to four different classes. The comments — recited in a schedule to her Teaching Regulation Agency case from CCTV footage and its transcript — included telling a class “there are not a lot of black people in this room, so I can say it”, claiming a woman who accused a footballer of rape “was a drug dealer”, saying women are “very emotional things” who must look after babies while men do not care, and warning that “men with money need to watch themselves as women will sleep with them and then claim they have been raped”. A panel found all the comments made and the racist, offensive, derogatory and misogynistic characterisations proved on her admissions; the ban carries a two-year minimum before review.
Background Information
Wanietikina, born 18 August 1987, was employed as a mathematics teacher at Brampton Manor Academy from 2 September 2024 until 25 October 2024. She resigned from her teaching role on 14 October 2024 — the day before the comments were made — and the academy referred her to the TRA on 29 October 2024. The 15 October 2024 comments were captured on the school’s CCTV system, and she admitted the allegations in a signed statement of agreed facts dated 17 June 2025; the case was considered without a contested hearing. The decision records that she had previously worked in a prison, a detail that surfaced in her own classroom remarks.
The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation
Fully admitted conduct case. This was a regulatory case decided on admissions: Wanietikina admitted making each of the scheduled comments, admitted they were inappropriate, and admitted her conduct amounted to unacceptable professional conduct and conduct that may bring the profession into disrepute. CCTV footage and its transcript corroborated the admissions. No criminal charge appears in the published decision.
On or around 15 October 2024 — the day after her resignation took effect — Wanietikina taught four classes over roughly four hours, and the panel found she made all twenty-two scheduled comments or words to that effect. Among them: “we literally went… it not like when you pull hair, we went crazy”, “[REDACTED] was very scared of me for two years”, “When you fight you do not fight with pulling hair… You fight with (does a punching action)… and the police arrived”, “[REDACTED] was drug dealer she had a lot of money, she spent 15 year in prison”, and “Woman, they have to look after the baby… Women are very emotional things like they will look after the baby but men do not care.” On Kylian Mbappé: “apparently there is a woman who went and said she had been raped… they just said oooo Mbappe rape.” On race: “if you are from an African family to be pregnant at 18 is a very bad thing, or even an Asian family, they will kick you out”, and “By the way there are not a lot of black people in this room, so I can say it, some men are nice.” She also said “bear in mind, I used to work in a prison, it wasn’t like this” and cautioned pupils: “Be careful if someone sees you from the office, you don’t want them to take your phone away.”
The panel found the conduct racist — singling out the African/Asian-pregnancy and “not a lot of black people in this room” comments as showing prejudice and antagonism, “particularly given… the manner in which the comments were made, during a lesson with pupils who identify with the group that was being referred to” — and misogynistic, naming the women-sleep-with-men-then-claim-rape and women-look-after-babies comments. It found two of the twenty-two individually unobjectionable but held that the volume and manner made all of them inappropriate. Its aggravating findings were pointed: the comments were made deliberately, continued across four hours and four different classes after her resignation, and paused when another member of staff entered the classroom — which the panel read as awareness of wrongdoing. It found no evidence of insight: her union asserted “genuine remorse”, but no statement from her explained why the comments were wrong, and the panel saw no evidence she understood how they may have harmed pupils’ welfare, leaving a risk of repetition.
Public Reaction and Consequences
The published decision documents institutional consequences rather than public debate. Brampton Manor Academy acted quickly — she resigned on 14 October 2024, the comments came the following day, and the referral to the TRA followed within a fortn — and the school’s CCTV system became the central evidence. Character references from current and former colleagues called her “highly committed to the academic and personal development of her students” and “a courageous and compassionate individual”, and her pre-employment reference rated her Good or Outstanding across teaching and personal qualities; the panel accepted previously good character but found nothing exceptional. The comments about office monitoring — “you don’t want them to take your phone away” — the panel found were made deliberately to undermine the academy’s authority, monitoring and procedures. No criminal charge appears in the published record.
Current Status
The panel recommended a prohibition order with a two-year review period. The decision maker, David Oatley, agreed on 24 November 2025 on behalf of the Secretary of State, citing the racist, offensive and discriminatory nature of the conduct, the deliberate four-hour duration, and the absence of demonstrated insight. Wanietikina 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 before 27 November 2027, two years from the order date — not an automatic right. The determination is dated 21 November 2025; the order takes effect when served, with a right of appeal to the High Court within 28 days.
Impact on Their Career/Life
The ban ends a teaching post that had lasted under two months, formalised weeks into her resignation, and bars her from every school, sixth form college, relevant youth accommodation and children’s home in England until at least late 2027 — with any return dependent on persuading a fresh panel she has developed the insight the present one found absent. Her admissions mean the full schedule of comments stands on the public regulatory record verbatim, attached to her name, and the panel’s findings — that she mocked rape allegations, racialised her own classroom, and paused only when colleagues appeared — are the regulator’s account of how she conducted herself with pupils. The record also preserves the colleagues’ testimonials describing the opposite teacher, a contrast the panel weighed without letting it alter the outcome.