A married music teacher has admitted to engaging in a sexual relationship with a student, beginning when he was only 12 years old. It is alleged that she gave birth to his child when he was just 13.
Naomi Tekea Craig, aged 33, appeared before the Mandurah Magistrate’s Court via an audio link on Tuesday, where she entered guilty pleas to 15 charges related to her illicit relationship with the student.
During the hearing, Magistrate Clare Cullen detailed the charges against her, which included numerous counts of penetration involving a child under 12, and subsequent counts once he turned 13.
To each charge read aloud, Craig responded, “Guilty, your honour.”
The court was informed that the inappropriate relationship between Craig and the boy commenced around October 2024 and continued until December, just days prior to her arrest. At that time, she was on maternity leave, expecting her second child.
Known professionally as Naomi Woods, Craig gave birth to the child in January.
At the time of her arrest, she was on maternity leave from her role as a music teacher at Frederick Irwin Anglican School, a private co-educational Anglican school in Meadow Springs, with students from kindergarten to Year 12.
She was initially charged with two counts of sexual penetration of a child over 13 and under 16, possessing child exploitation material, and persistent sexual conduct with a child under 16.
Pictured: Naomi Tekea Craig, 33, doing a performance with primary school children in 2024
The young mum was on maternity leave while pregnant with her second child, which was born in January
Further charges laid on Tuesday include one count of sexually penetrating a child of or over 13 and under 16, one count of indecent dealings with a child over 13 and under 16, and one count of indecent dealings with a child under 13.
According to the school’s website, Ms Craig was often praised in newsletters for her active role in choir and music performances.
In one newsletter from October 2024, she was pictured on the school’s website working with children between five and 12 at the ‘battle of the band rock concert’.
In the photo, she held a microphone on stage with primary school students while smiling and wearing a Nirvana t-shirt knotted at the waist.
A Christian prayer could be seen on a projector on the wall above the stage.
Following her arrest, the principal of Frederick Irwin Anglican School, Tracey Gray sent a letter to parents and carers confirming the alleged victim was not a student at the school.
‘I regret to inform you that a teacher from our school has been arrested by police and charged with child-related offences,’ Ms Gray wrote.
‘The teacher has been instructed not to attend the school.
Naomi Craig is pictured with her husband on their wedding day in October 2019
‘The information available to the school suggests that there is no need for any concern for any children at the school.’
According to an online work biography, Ms Craig began employment at the school in 2024, having previously worked as an independent private music teacher.
Ms Craig grew up in Mandurah and completed a Bachelor of Arts degree from The University of Western Australia and a Diploma of Education from Edith Cowan University.
She later relocated to Melbourne, where she married her long-time partner in a lavish ceremony at Stones of the Yarra Valley in 2019.
A video posted online shows Ms Craig being walked down the aisle to meet her groom at the altar, before the newlyweds spent the night celebrating with family and friends.
Three years later, while still based in Victoria, the couple welcomed their first child, a little boy.
Maternity shoot photos show Ms Craig posing with her baby bump in March 2022 as she stood on a Mornington Peninsula beach dressed in white lingerie, brown broad-brimmed hat, and draped with a lace gown.
