Social workers have offered the teenage victim of paedophile teacher Jeremy Forrest the chance to meet with him to explain the impact of his grooming . The schoolgirl who was groomed and abducted by paedophile teacher Jeremy Forrest has been offered the chance to meet him by social workers . Forrest was jailed after he had sex with the girl , then 15 , and fled to France with her - finally being arrested after a week on the run . In the case that followed - during which the child at first pledged to stand by the maths teacher and professed her love for him - it emerged Forrest had begun grooming her when she was just 14 . The girl 's mother told BBC Radio 5 Live Daily that social workers had approached her daughter , who is almost 18 , and offered her the chance to meet Forrest . They said the meeting could take place as part of the restorative justice scheme , where victims are given the chance to meet criminals so they can explain the impact of their actions . It is also thought to help to rehabilitate offenders by allowing them to see the personal impact their crime has had , and take responsibility . All meetings are supervised and in a controlled environment . Davina Williams , who has changed her name to protect her daughter 's identity , said her daughter had not yet decided whether to take up the offer . But she added that the choice would be her teenage daughter 's only . She said : ' I know she 's in control of whatever happens next and rightly so . As a parent , you protect as much as you can as children and you teach the best you possibly can to give them the best start in life . 'When they are adults , you have to allow them to lead their own life . You do n't have any control . I will always be here . I will always be her mum whatever happens . Scroll down for video . 'When a child has been groomed , it can take months , it can take years for them to accept that this has happened to them . You ca n't force them , you ca n't make them , they have to do it their own time . While they go through that process they have to find a way to cope with it . ' Forrest previously worked at Bishop Bell School in East Sussex . He began his relationship with the girl on a school trip to Los Angeles when she was 14 and was seen holding her hand on the plane – something she claims he was doing to comfort her as she was struggling with bulimia . Forrest was arrested after he was seen with the girl in Bordeaux after they fled to France under false names . She opened up to him about the break-up of her parents ' marriage before he kissed her in a classroom . She said they would have sex in his Ford Fiesta or hotels , which they would check into as Mr and Mrs Forrest . They first had sex when she was 15 and it later emerged that Forrest had been grooming the pupil since she was 13 . Restorative justice is a government scheme aimed at giving victims a voice . It allows victims to meet perpetrators of crime to explain the personal impact of their actions upon them . Meetings are held in a controlled environment and offenders must have admitted the crime . All meetings are supervised . The scheme allows offenders to take responsibility for their actions and try to make amends with their victims . For offenders , meeting their victims can be a challenging experience because they are forced to confront the personal impact of their crimes . Restorative justice is used in a bid to rehabilitate people who have committed a number of crimes include violent offences and sexual assaults . According to the restorative justice council it accounts for a 14 per cent reduction in reoffending . In 2012 police were alerted to their relationship and the pair fled to France , using false names . They had planned to set up a new life together and Forrest left behind his marriage and career . The pair were found when they were spotted in Bordeaux after eight days on the run . Forrest , who was married at the time , was convicted for sex offences and abduction and was jailed for five-and-a-half-years . He was also ordered to sign the sex offenders register for life . After the case the teenager said : ' I love Jeremy so much . I want to spend the rest of my life with him and maybe once he 's out , we can marry and have children . ' Forrest had previously insisted he was not a paedophile but had simply fallen in love with the teenager . Last year the girl , then 16 , was said to have started a new relationship with a 20-year-old part time teacher and security guard . Forrest , 32 , is due to be released in the summer .
ForrestJeremy Forrest was jailed for five-and-a-half years for abducting the pupil . The maths teacher had groomed the 15-year-old and fled to France with her . Jeremy Forrest , of East Sussex , is set to be released from prison this summer . Social workers have offered the girl , now 17 , the chance to meet with him . They offered meeting as part of restorative justice scheme , aimed at giving victims a voice and making offenders take responsibility for their crimes . Girl 's mother said her daughter will make up her own mind about meeting .