Former teacher jailed after sexually abusing teenage boy she tutored in Mablethorpe
Emily Drury offered to help the boy pass his GCSEs after disappointing mock results
A former teacher who abused her position as a private tutor to sexually offend against a teenage boy has been jailed.
Emily Drury, 26, of Tuplin Road in Mablethorpe, appeared at Lincoln Crown Court today, Friday 21st August, charged with five offences of sexual activity with a teenage boy.
She pleaded guilty to one charge of engaging in non-penetrative sexual activity with a teenage boy, and four charges of engaging in penetrative sexual activity with a teenage boy.
Drury was sentenced to four years and six months in prison, and must serve at least half of that before being considered for release.
She was also given a sexual harm prevention order and a five-year restraining order, and placed on the sex offenders' register for 10 years.
How the offences happened
The court heard Drury engaged in sexual behaviour with the boy on numerous occasions while acting as his private tutor between May and June 2025.
She had offered to tutor him after lower-than-expected mock exam results, to help him pass his GCSEs.
The victim's statement
In a statement read out in court, the victim described how Drury had gained his trust.
He said: "She was kind to me. She would say positive things to me, buy me clothes, she would talk to me and made me feel better about myself. I trusted her and confided in her about some very personal things."
Describing how he felt after the allegations were made, he said: "I felt judged. I felt that people blamed me. I felt unable to simply be a child. I worried that people would not take me seriously because I am a boy. I believed there was a stigma attached to being a male victim of sexual abuse, and that fear made it even harder to cope."
Police response
Lincolnshire Police said the victim initially had concerns about how his allegation would be perceived because he was a teenage boy and the offender was an adult woman in a position of trust and authority.
The force said Drury prolonged an already difficult experience by delaying her guilty plea until the last opportunity, leaving the victim living with uncertainty for many months.
The officer leading the case from East Lindsey's Protecting Vulnerable People Unit, Detective Constable Julie Jode, said: "Drury abused her position of trust and exploited the access she had to a vulnerable young person for her own purposes. As an adult in a position of authority, she was expected to provide guidance, support, and protection. Instead, she used that position to target and manipulate someone who should have been able to trust her implicitly."
She said the victim had shown "exceptional courage, dignity, and resilience" throughout the investigation.
Support available
Lincolnshire Police say support is available for anyone who has experienced rape, sexual assault or any other sexual offence, and that it is never too late to seek help or make a report.