It’s easy to get so jaded by stories of teachers having sex with students since it happens about as often as an airing of Law and Order: SVU, but well, here’s one that’s worth your attention. British teacher Helen Goddard, pictured left, and her lesbian tryst with an almost-legal-in-England student.

A public school mistress who was “pressured” into a lesbian affair by a 15-year-old pupil will be allowed to continue see the girl after she is released from a 15-month jail term.

Helen Goddard – a music teacher nicknamed “the jazz lady” by pupils – befriended the teenager over coffee after lessons and their relationship eventually became sexual.

Goddard wept as she was jailed today at London’s Southwark Crown Court and placed on the sex offenders’ register.

The court heard that the five-month affair included an overnight stay at her home and a romantic weekend in Paris.

Their trysts remained a secret until the school, which cannot be named for legal reasons, received an anonymous tip-off about what was happening.

Best part of the story: Most of these stories are like a page…this one goes on for FOUR PAGES on the Timesonline Web site. “Oh what a horrific crime…anyway, here’s the scratch and sniff photo of the marital aid Goddard used on the girl. The horror!”

Anyway, if it comes out what school this took place at, I’d be wary of using any of the woodwind or brass instruments. Just a hunch.

[Timesonline, thanks Nishal for the tip!]