Kirsty Buchan faces being struck off following an educational watchdog hearing next week.
A teacher who was sacked for selling X-rated photos online has blasted education bosses for their “Victorian values”.
The General Teaching Council (GTCS) for Scotland has scheduled a hearing that may ban Kirsty Buchan from the classroom.
But the physics teacher has told the education bosses she is too busy to attend – as she is doing a photo-shoot for her OnlyFans site.
She said: “The way I’ve been treated in the school and the education system has been very one-sided and unfair.
“They have applied Victorian values to behaviour that is socially acceptable in 2025 and written it up as though I am suffering from poor morality.
The Daily Record interviewed Kirsty in 2022 after it emerged she was running the saucy sideline and made £60,000 in a month.
Pupils at Bannerman High in Baillieston, Glasgow, got wind of the full-frontal content and some parents were furious.
But despite accepting a no-show at her GTCS hearing will probably mean being struck off, Kirsty is unrepentant.
She said: “The reality is that I live my life according to proper values. I’m loyal and decent and I treat people properly. And I know I was a very good teacher because I really cared about the kids I taught.
“I’d have loved to have carried on with both but that was taken away from me. They can do what they like at the GTCS but I won’t be there.”
Kirsty, of Coatbridge, said she was forced to step away from the modelling site after various setbacks, including the loss of a close family member.
She added: “I put a few things to the side to concentrate on being a mum and dealing with family things. But I am now up and running and I have hundreds of fans who are signed to my account and I am back on the modelling beat. I have been doing a range of new photos and videos and I’m looking forward to building up my portfolio.”
It was revealed earlier this week the ex-teacher – who uses the handle Jessica Jackrabbitx on the site – faces a hearing with the GTCS on Monday, where she is charged with three offences.
Kirsty, 34, is accused of bringing the profession into disrepute by selling the photos. The GTCS says she failed to ensure they could not be accessed by under-18s without the need to log in to the X-rated subscription service.
She is also being carpeted for speaking to the Record, which caused a huge stir at the time, with pupils coming forward to say such modelling should be acceptable in 2025.
In the interview, Kirsty told how her wages were docked by the school for time off she took off to look after her son. In her first month – after the Record story – she made £60,000, which is more than a year’s wages as a physics teacher.
Her employer, Glasgow City Council, referred her case to the GTCS.
Kirsty said: “I’ve already lost my job but they are determined to drag me through this hearing to ensure I can never teach again. It really just makes me feel sad, to give me a life ban and make out that I’m a bad teacher when opposite is true.
“It’s just a lot of backward thinking, Victorian attitude rubbish and it says more about the GTCS and Glasgow City Council than it does about me.”
Kirsty added: “I loved the job and I loved the pupils, many of whom I’m still in touch with. I have also still been able to help a few younger kids out with their maths homework, just as a favour, and that gives me a buzz.”
Kirsty believes the GTCS case is vindictive. She said: “People just need to get over it. What I do is not hurting anyone.”
The GTCS claims her actions were “lacking in integrity”, failed to take steps to stop her being identified and risked bringing the profession into disrepute. It is said she is unfit to teach. The GTCS hearing will be online, last up to three days and evidence will be led by lawyers even if Kirsty does not turn up.
A panel could issue a reprimand and/or apply conditions to her work. The ultimate sanction would be the removal of her name from the teaching register.
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