A married PE teacher accused of sexually abusing two teenage students has been hit with fresh charges ahead of the looming court case.
Tayla Brailey, who taught at Lurnea High School in Sydney’s southwest, was charged last August over allegedly abusing a 17-year-old male student.
Less than a week later, the 30-year-old was hit with further charges of abusing another male student after police went though her phone and found further evidence.
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has now finalised which charges it will proceed with as the case works its way through the NSW District Court.
In relation to the first teenager, Brailey is facing charges of sexual intercourse with a child under authority and sexually touching a child under authority – and has now been hit with a fresh charge of using a carriage service to access child abuse material.
A charge of aggravated sexual assault of a child under authority was withdrawn.
In regards to the second student, Brailey is charged with sexually touching a person under special care, inciting a person under care to have sexual intercourse, a related offence of inciting a person under care to sexually touch, and a fresh charge of using a carriage service to transmit child abuse material to herself.
Three charges relating to alleged solicitation, access or control of child abuse material were withdrawn.
Brailey has been on bail since she was charged in August after allegedly sexually abusing two students ho she met while working at a school in Sydney’s south west.
Police alleged she began speaking to the first student after he added her on Snapchat, before the pair began exchanging sexually explicit videos.
She then allegedly masturbated the child at her North Wollongong home.
On another occasion, Brailey allegedly had unprotected sex with the student in the back of a car after he wagged school to meet her before she went to a pharmacy to get the morning-after pill.
She was also accused of masturbating the second teen in her classroom, before trying to get him to having sex with her, but it did not happen.
At the time, Brailey was suspended without pay by the Department of Education and support was provided to students and staff at the school.
Brailey completed a bachelor’s degree in Physical and Health Education at the University of Wollongong in 2017.
She then started working for the NSW Department of Education in October, 2017.
Brailey became engaged to her partner in December, 2021, and tied the knot in September 2023.
She celebrated her Hens party in Bali with friends and family, enjoying time at the popular Finns Beach Club, with several snaps shared to social media.
She also appeared on Channel Seven’s quiz show The 1% Club last year.
Brailey has not entered enter any pleas and the matter is listed for a committal mention at Campbelltown Local Court on May 21.