Schoolgirl Megan Stammers is expected to fly home to the UK today more than a week after she went missing with her 30-year-old maths teacher, it was reported.

Married maths teacher Jeremy Forrest has been arrested on suspicion of child abduction after he and missing teenager Megan Stammers were found in France.

The teacher of missing schoolgirl Megan Stammers was in custody in France tonight as the teenager’s family expressed their joy that she had been found.

Missing schoolgirl Megan Stammers and her teacher Jeremy Forrest have been found in France, Sussex Police said today.

The father of British maths teacher Jeremy Forrest will today make a public appeal for his son to return home with his runaway teenage pupil, Megan Stammers.

British police have admitted there have been no reported sightings of 15-year-old schoolgirl Megan Stammers or her maths teacher Jeremy Forrest, 30, since the pair crossed into France.

The mother of a 15-year-old girl who has run away to France with her 30-year-old teacher made a direct appeal to her last night: “Sweetheart, I don’t care what you’ve done or why, I just want you home.”

A 30-year-old man believed to have run away to France with a 15-year-old schoolgirl is one of her teachers, sources said last night.