Kayleigh Morton Kayleigh Morton was a member of the Morton clan and lived at No . 6 with the rest of her family until her father Jerry moved the family to Spain . Biography . Life on the street . She first arrived in Weatherfield in March 2007 with her father Jerry , older siblings Jodie , Mel and Darryl - and grandfather Wilf . Her family were giving their neighbours headaches after just a few hours on the street with their loud music . On her first day at Weatherfield High , Sophie Webster and Chesney Battersby - Brown told her about the teachers and Sophie told Kayleigh how the teachers would take her rings off of her . Instead of going to school she went home and when Jerry found her he asked why she wasn ' t at school . An argument ensued and Kayleigh snapped that she wished she could go back and live with her mum . Realising he couldn ' t keep her with him against her will , Jerry was forced to agree to Kayleigh ' s wishes and phoned Teresa Bryant . Kayleigh was delighted to be going back to live with her mum but it was clear that Jerry was devastated . Kayleigh left the following day . A pattern soon emerged of her regular and lengthy visits to her father ' s house . Jodie noticed how Kayleigh was very quick at eating her breakfast and that she kept requesting money . After several days , Jerry offered to drop her off as he was suspicious of the situation . It turned out that Teresa had gone on holiday and left Kayleigh to look after her six year old half - brother Finlay while she was away . As a result of this , she temporarily moved back into her dad ' s house with Finlay . Teresa turned up a few weeks later . Jerry had taken her TV away and several other electrical items . She didn ' t seem that bothered about her kids and only wanted her TV back . She agreed to let Jerry keep the kids if she could have her telly back . Jerry agreed to this . Kayleigh was furious when she found out that Jodie had stolen Chesney ' s dog Schmeichel . Jodie had been involved in a feud with Chesney ' s mum Cilla Battersby - Brown for weeks as Jerry ' s Takeaway had stolen business from Wong ' s Chippy ( where Cilla worked ) . Kayleigh found out and returned the dog to Chesney . In September , Kayleigh got drunk with her friends . The girls were alone in a house and Jodie was annoyed when Kayleigh phoned asking to be picked up . Jerry was on his date with Eileen Grimshaw and was unable to pick her up . ( Jodie couldn ' t do it as she ' d had a drink ) . Lloyd Mullaney offered to pick Kayleigh up in his taxi . When they arrived back , it was revealed that Kayleigh had been sick in the back of the car . Jerry was furious when he found out and told Kayleigh that she was grounded . Kayleigh acted up when Eileen Grimshaw , Jerry ' s new girlfriend babysat her while Jodie went out on a date with Lloyd . Kayleigh tried to sneak out of the house but was caught . She later lied to Jodie about Eileen hitting her . Kayleigh was set for romance with Chesney who she shared a kiss with and was later saved by Kayleigh from Kenzie Judd , who beat Chesney up for stealing his girlfriend . Trouble - making Kenzie also raided The Kabin in May 2008 . In September , Kayleigh was last seen waving out of a taxi window as she departed Weatherfield for a new life in Spain with her father and Finlay . Behind the scenes . In April 2008 she was axed by new producer Kim Crowther which led to her on - screen departure in September along with the rest of the Morton family ( except Darryl ) Quotes . " Is this it ? They said this would be a nice neighbourhood " ( First line ) " Bye " ( Final line )