A 25-year-old woman who is dating the 52-year-old headteacher from beloved Channel 4 show Educating Yorkshire has revealed how she met her partner - and how soon after dating they moved in together.
Jonny Mitchell was the headteacher atThornhill Community Academy in Dewsbury when he appeared on the award-winning Channel 4show more than a decade ago.
At the time he lived with his with Lisa and their three their three daughters, Ella, Lydia and Celia, and became an unlikely heartthrob.
He now appears to have separated from his wife and has moved on with a 25-year-old woman named Abs, who has shared a glimpse into their relationship on TikTok.
The couple have maintained their relationship is 'completely normal' and that they have 'so much in common', despite the significant age gap.
Using the social media handle, abs_mxo, theblogger, from Nottingham revealed how sparks flew after the pair met on a night out in Leeds.
Sharing the story on TikTok, Abs said: 'We met on a night out. I was in a bar, he was in a bar and then I went over to order a drink. I was with my friends and he was with his and then I spilt a drink on him by accident and then we just got talking from there.'
From there, the two exchanged number and decided to 'go on a few dates'.
Educating Yorkshire headteacher Jonny Mitchell has revealed how he met his girlfriend, who is 27 years his junior
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Mr Mitchell, who is based in Leeds, visited Abs several times at her home in Nottingham, where the pair would spend 'a few nights' together at a time.
As they began to grow closer, Abs quickly decided to move in with Mr Mitchell at his home in Yorkshire.
The 25-year-old clarified that she had not been a student ofMr Mitchell's, despite suspicious viewers wondering if this is how they met.
'I've been asked so many times "was I one of Jonny's students?",' she said, laughing to the camera before confirming that she had attended a different school in Nottingham.
Despite the difference in age, Abs maintained that the two 'have so much in common' and that they 'have such a laugh'.
'It feels like such a normal relationship,' she said.
'I think people assume because you're in an age gap relationship that you're not going to have anything in common and that we just sit in silence but no, it's not like that.'
She said that her parents don't mind about the relationship since she isn't underage.
'People ask if my parents approve. I mean, I'm 25 so I don't need their approval but they like him and get along with him.'
The 25-year-old clarified that she had not been a student of Mr Mitchell's, despite suspicious viewers wondering if this is how they met
Mr Mitchell was the headteacher at Thornhill Community Academy in Dewsbury when he appeared on the award-winning Channel 4 show, Educating Yorkshire more than a decade ago (pictured on Educating Yorkshire)
Abs also said that she wasn't interested in having children and that wasn't on the cards for the couple.
'I don't care what other people think,' she said, adding that it was 'easy' to regard online hate.
'Other people's opinions are irrelevant to me. They're allowed their opinion, that's okay. But it does not affect me, like, it does not matter.'
'I think as long as you're happy, that should be the main thing.
Elsewhere, she said that money is no object in their relationship, despite many online assuming Abs is only with Mr Mitchell for his cash.
'People comment all the time like "sugar daddy" or say he pays for everything which isn't the case, we split. If he pays for something, I'll buy something and we do split the bills.'
'Just because you're in an age gap relationship doesn't mean that he pays for everything. With someone that might be the case which is completely fine, that's their life, that's why they want to do.
'Everyone is different and there are different circumstances and there are different situations for people, not everything is the same.
At the time he lived with his with Lisa and their three their three daughters, Ella, Lydia and Celia, and became an unlikely heartthrob
Abby, who regularly posts lifestyle blogs on the app, told viewers that she and her boyfriend 'both work in a professional job'
'He does buy me things but just as I buy him things,' she pressed.
Abby, who regularly posts lifestyle blogs on the app, told viewers that she and her boyfriend 'both work in a professional jobs'.
The couple, who 'don't care what people think', maintain that they have supported each other 'through thick and thin'.
'We're both extremely happy,' she said.
It is not clear how long the pair have been two have been an item - though they live together and are often seen jetting off on glamorous holidays to expensive destinations such as Dubai
As of 2014, the headteacher was still living with his wife and three children in Pontefract.
Mr Mitchell stole the nation's hearts when he appeared in the eight-part documentary in 2013.
The show first broadcast more than a decade ago and was based on the same format as the BAFTA Award winning series, Educating Essex, which came out in 2011.
The series followed pupils and staff at Thornhill Community Academy, a secondary school in Yorkshire, receiving rave reviews across the board and scoring fans across the world.
Mr Mitchell was loved by viewers as he was students. Two years after the show ended in 2015, in went on to take a role as headteacher at Co-op Academy in Leeds, where he stayed for a number of years.
Later, the 52-year-old became the headteacher ofNetherwood Academy in Wombwell in Barnsley.
After taking on the new position in Barnsley, Jonny said he was still 'proud' of his contributions in Educating Yorkshire.
He told Barnsley Chronicle in 2020: 'The series is very much part of Thornhill and thereâs a legacy there. The whole franchise did a great deal for the teaching profession. It opened the publicâs eyes to something theyâd only experienced 25 or 30 years ago.'
