The female teacher who slept with two teenage boys at a Manchester school before becoming pregnant with one of their children, nicknamed "Bunda Becky", has been banned from schools for life. The disgraced maths teacher, Rebecca Joynes, 32, was convicted last year of six counts of sexual activity with a child and sentenced to six and a half years in prison.

Joynes was arrested on suspicion of sexual activity with a child on October 18, 2021, and was later charged with six counts of sexual activity: four counts of sexual activity with a child and two counts of sexual activity with a child by a person in a position of trust. She groomed both boys from the age of 15, first exchanging messages on social media, Manchester Crown Court heard during the trial last year. The trial heard that Joynes was 28 when she had come out of a nine-year relationship and was "flattered" by the attention of teenage schoolboys.

Now, a Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) misconduct panel has struck off Joynes for life, as it found her criminal offending involved repeated serious sexual misconduct towards children and had a profound effect on them. She did not attend the TRA panel and was not represented.

Neither teenager, who were known as Boy A and Boy B throughout the trial, can be identified due to their age.

Boy A lied to his mother that he was staying at a friend's house after school, but instead Joynes picked him up and took him to the Trafford Centre, where she bought him a £350 Gucci belt. Joynes had been on bail for sexual activity with Boy A when she began having sex with Boy B, whose child she later gave birth to in early 2024. The child was taken away from her within 24 hours.

Boy B said he was "coerced, controlled, manipulated, sexually abused and mentally abused" by Joynes.

One of the boys also said: "I felt backed into a corner. I had just lived a double life for 18 months behind my family's back".

In his victim impact statement, Boy B said "one of the hardest things" was not being told anything about the baby, adding: "I struggled to come to terms with my abuse, I was completely in denial".

Philip Thompson, who chaired the panel, said: "The panel noted that the behaviour involved in committing the offence had a serious and potentially longstanding harmful impact on the safety and/or security of the children in question.

"It noted what was said in the pre-sentence report 'that the trajectory of his [Pupil B] life has been forever altered' and that Pupil B had said, 'Ultimately, I will forever be Rebecca's victim and forever linked to her through our child.'

"It further noted that in her sentencing remarks, Individual A considered that both pupils had been 'groomed' by Ms Joynes and that she also exhibited "control" over both.

"It was very clear to the panel that Ms Joynes' criminal offending involved repeated serious sexual misconduct towards children which resulted in a criminal sentence with a particularly high tariff.

"It noted the profound impact that Ms Joynes' offending had had on her victims and that the offences in respect of Pupil B had been committed whilst on bail in relation to the offences relating to Pupil A.

"It considered that this demonstrated Ms Joynes' scant regard for the seriousness of her actions."