A TEACHER who was allegedly snapped in a hotel bed after an affair with a pupil following his school prom has been banned from the classroom.

Married Isabelle Graham, 28, is alleged to have slept with a 17-year-old pupil in a Travelodge after downing four glasses of wine.

The French teacher was today struck off and declared unfit to teach.

Devout Christian Graham, who was engaged at the time, told a hearing, "I'm the victim" and added that her drink must have been spiked.

But a lawyer for the General Teaching Council for Scotland labelled her story as "speculation".

A disciplinary panel today ruled that the practising Christian and the schoolboy were alone for three hours following the lad’s leavers’ night in Edinburgh city centre.

The former Miss has been banned from teaching after she “engaged in sexual activity” with the pupil as well as boozing and being in bed with him.

A friend who was supposed to be sharing the Travelodge room with the boy claims he came back several times to find her there.

He took a photograph which allegedly showed the teacher lying on the bed while the teenager — referred to as Pupil A — stood in the doorway.

A probe was launched when senior staff at Whitburn Academy, West Lothian, became aware of the pic on social media.

Describing the snap at a General Teaching Council for Scotland hearing yesterday, council investigator Fraser Thomson said: “You can see there what appears to be a lady in the bed there.

The colour of the picture showed the lady with long blonde hair.”

Miss Graham claims her drink was spiked on the night out in June 2014 and that she was a practising Christian who was waiting until she was married before having sex.

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She provided a statement which claimed she had been the “victim” and had no recollection of events.

Referring to the photo, she said: “The person in the bed is clearly not in control of the situation.”

Her husband Andrew Wilkie, who is training to become a clergyman, acted as her representative at the hearing. In a statement to the panel, he said: “In all the time I have known her, Miss Graham has always put her Christian faith above all other things.

Mrs Graham taught French at Whitburn Academy in Whitburn, West Lothian

“I have never had any doubt that the allegations made against Miss Graham were false.”

The ex-teacher had tried to have the hearing held in private but her attempt was rejected.

She resigned from Whitburn Academy after the alleged incident.

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