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Rules and policies

All of our Fitness to Teach proceedings are governed by rules and legislation. If you are appearing at a hearing, it is important that you or your representative is familiar with the Fitness to Teach and Appeals Rules 2012. We send a copy of the relevant sections of these to you when we send you notice of a hearing. You can also access our full list of Rules.

We have also put a number of practice statements in place to help guide and inform best practice at hearings. They seek to ensure that we adopt efficient, effective, rational and consistent practice and also promote our commitment to principles of transparency and fairness and best regulatory practice.

Practice statements do not prescribe decision making outcomes, but instead seek to ensure that this decision making process is rational by laying down frameworks and guidance that should be consulted (as appropriate) when such decisions are being made.

We would recommend that anyone appearing at our hearings is familiar with the practice notes that may be relevant to the circumstances of their case.

Current Practice Statements

Practice statements principally apply to our Fitness to Teach Hearing procedures and are intended to guide and inform best practice. They seek to ensure that we adopt efficient, effective, rational and consistent practice and also promote our commitment to the principles of transparency and fairness.

View a list of our Practice Statements.