If you work in education has any child gone on to be famous or notorious?

[SpecialKCat]

Having a chat with a colleague today and she said that a child we taught she thought would be a famous footballer when older.

I just wondered if anyone, who works in education, has taught a child who went on to become famous or notorious?

I taught Pritt Patel, an A level revision course, it never appears on her CV and her time spent at the college never appears....she was so polite and nice and a perfect student, i had tabloids contacting me for dirt on her but i refused to comment and only said how nice she was.

I was taught by a 1970s rock star. His band had a bit of a resurgence in the late 80s and he once spent half term touring Germany. Lovely man.

I was a tutor ( adult education at A4e) to Kevin Andrews - a complete psycho - put noxious fluids in tea urn on several occasions - I often wonder where he is now 👍🏿

Sort of I am a teacher but this one comes from when I used to run a Brownie unit, and before that I helped out at the same unit, one of my brownies was Victoria Sugden in Emmerdale.

I worked in theatre with one of the child actors who went on to be a child actor in Grandpa in my pocket.

So many murderers on this thread!
I was a TA not a teacher but there are definitely children who I would not be surprised if their names popped up in the news in the future...

Not in education myself, but my Psychology A-level teacher taught Emile Heskey (footballer) English!

I taught a boy who went on to represent Great Britain as a Gymnast. He used to have a lot of time off to train and take part in competitions.

@spanieleyes did you suspect they could be capable of that as a child?

Lucy Letby is still on trial, and has not yet been found guilty.

Are you in Essex?

I taught quite a few children of celebrities, some of whom went on to become famous in their own right (well, sort of, I suspect if they hadn’t had famous parents they may not have found fame themselves!).

I used to teach in Essex, many years ago. I no longer live there.

@Retired65 think I know who it is! Taught the same boy... South Essex Gymnastics club

Your uncle was clearly a very good running teacher!

Sorry no idea my friend is a few years older than me and had left school by the time I started

Was it HDS? That was my secondary school too until yr9 :)

Also apparently one of her friends asked him out at the time and he allegedly told her she wasn't pretty enough!!!!!

There is nothing nice about her.

My brother in law taught George Barnet (Ezra).

@Longdistance andrew Tate?

well she has changed a lot .... and from my knowledge of her, i just know that a lot of her immigration ideas were not hers....she followed all the instructions and syllabus to the absolute letter, not a lot of imagination.

My colleagues taught Liam Lyburn who is now in jail for planning to blow up the college. I stated just after he left.

They all said he had the potential to be very dangerous

One of my kids' current teachers taught Harry Kane PE at infant school - she says she gave him his first football lesson, aged 4 🥰

I would say that all celebs have had teachers. So the answer to your question is yes, loads. There are at least 3 famous people who went to my schools.