Female instructor, 25, who collapsed in shock after being arrested for intercourse with boy, 15, jailed
Ella Clements – who reportedly collapsed in shock as she was handcuffed at her school – has been jailed after pleading guilty to maintaining an unlawful relationship with a 15-year-old boy
Ella Clements, 24(Image: Facebook)
A teacher who confessed to having a “relationship” with her teen student and collapsed in shock when she was handcuffed on school grounds has been jailed. Ella Clements, 25, fell to the ground as she was arrested on September 16, 2025, after allegations involving a 15-year-old male pupil emerged.
The former drama teacher at St Augustine’s College in Brookvale (Sydney, Australia), has since been jailed after taking a plea deal. The legal case concluded after Clements pleaded guilty to the serious charge of maintaining an unlawful relationship with a child.
In exchange for her guilty plea, four other charges – which originally included counts of aggravated sexual intercourse with a minor – were dropped by prosecutors.
St Augustine’s in Brookvale(Image: Google Maps)
After her initial arrest following a string of incidents involving the teen pupil, Clements was immediately sacked by the Catholic boys’ school. St Augustine’s principal Jonathan Byrne told parents his school was fully cooperating with police when the allegations first came to light.
He said, as the Sun reported: “I acknowledge an investigation like this will cause anxiety. Please respect that in this instance we are legally limited in what we can share, and have a primary consideration to protect the safety and wellbeing of the student.
“The judicial process must be allowed to run its natural course.” The relationship was discovered by the student’s family due to a strict household “phones on the table” policy, which led to the discovery of incriminating text messages between Clements and the teenager, Brisbane Times reported.
In a seperate crime, Ann Margaret Bacon, 27, admitted an appropriate relationship(Image: Facebook)
The teacher, who has since been convicted, graduated in 2018 from another private Sydney school – Brigidine College St Ives – where she served as drama captain and was regarded as a standout in maths, according to the Sun.
This comes after a former special education teacher who had a sexual relationship with a student has been sentenced to six months behind bars, the Daily Star previously reported.
Ann Margaret Bacon, 27, admitted she had been in a relationship with an unnamed 18-year-old male student while working at Tartan High School in Minnesota, USA back in 2023.
Bacon, who had started working at the school the year before, was investigated by cops in 2024 after an accusation was made that she had been having sex with one of her teenage students.
The then 24-year-old teacher reportedly told police that she had sex with the teen after he graduated, although when photos emerged of the pair staying at a hotel the previous summer she apparently changed her story.
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