A Glasgow physics teacher had her license formally revoked this week, more than two years after images from her OnlyFans page were discovered by students.
Kirsty Buchan, 34, resigned from her position at Bannerman High School in December 2022, when news of her x-rated side gig spread among students and faculty. Under the pseudonym Jessica Jackrabbit, the mother of one posted explicit images available to paid subscribers, advertising her page as "Good teacher gone bad...really bad 😈😜."
The General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) chose to remove her from the teaching registry, arguing that she "used her profession as a selling tool," and made Bannerman High School "synonymous with having an OnlyFans teacher."
In November of 2022, Buchan took a leave of absence to care for her sick child, who was awaiting an operation, she told the Daily Record in an interview.
"I was crying my eyes out at my situation and I didn't know which way to turn," she said.
"I was staying up to 1 a.m. doing extra unpaid work and the stress was unbelievable," Buchan described. "I was insane to stick at that job for six years under the strain that I was facing every day."
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During the hearing, head teacher Seonaidh Black recalled that during Buchan's absence, a colleague alerted her to Buchan's OnlyFans page, warning students were aware of it. It became "obvious everyone knew what was going on," she said, with male students saying "look out for Jessica Jackrabbit" in the halls.
Soon a parent emailed explicit photos from the OnlyFans page to Black from a student's account. Black attempted to contact Buchan, but didn't receive a response. In December 2022, Buchan submitted her resignation.
"My images were illegally downloaded and shared with pupils," Buchan told BBC. "So I had no choice but to leave."
"I didn't want to leave my job, but I also had to make more money," she said. "I even had other jobs before going down the OnlyFans road – I worked in Tesco, I worked as an elf at a Braehead Christmas event. I was always a hard worker."
Buchan declined to attend the hearing.
"[It will be] a long time before the situation involving Kirsty is no longer talked about," the head teacher concluded.
Originally published on Latin Times
