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This list of Freedom of Information (FOI) responses, known as an FOI disclosure log, shows all the FOI requests we have received and the responses we provided. This means anyone with an interest can quickly and easily see questions that have already been asked and the response provided. Personal details such as names and addresses (both postal and email) are redacted to protect privacy.
Responses
Click ‘read response’ to download the full text of our response to an FOI request. The text of requests is presented as submitted to GTC Scotland. Please note that we may not publish a FOI response on our website due to the confidential or sensitive nature of the information disclosed to the requester.
FOI responses are available in this log for three years. The most recent responses are at the top of the table.
| Date of Response | Summary of Request | Response | Reference | Date of Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/12/2023 | The number of Mathematics and Business teachers on GTC Scotland Registers | Read response 23-24/61 (PDF 130 KB) | 23-24/61 | 07/11/2023 |
| 01/12/2023 | Job titles of staff involved in FOI response | Read response 23-24/60 (PDF 136 KB) | 23-24/60 | 02/11/2023 |
| 30/11/2023 | Requirement that local authorities must investigate matters first | Read response 23-24/65 (PDF 133 KB) | 23-24/65 | 15/11/2023 |
| 30/11/2023 | Responses published on the Disclosure Log | Read response 23-24/63 (PDF 82 KB) | 23-24/63 | 12/11/2023 |
| 22/11/2023 | Various queries about Aberdeenshire Council Registrants | Read response 23-24/55 (PDF 143 KB) | 23-24/55 | 16/10/2023 |
| 23/11/2023 | Registrants whose registration has lapsed over the last five years and the total number of Registrants at the end of each Registration year | Read response 23-24/62 (PDF 182 KB) | 23-24/62 | 08/11/2023 |
| 01/11/2023 | Fitness to teach outcomes published on the website since October 2016 | Read response 23-24/48 (PDF 157 KB) | 23-24/48 | 03/10/2023 |
| 16/11/2023 | Registrants who have left or been removed from the Register since 2018 within 5 years of provisional registration | Read response 23-24/37 (PDF 140 KB) | 23-24/37 | 03/08/2023 |
| 13/11/2023 | Fitness to Teach panel composition | Read response 23-24/58 (PDF 131 KB) | 23-24/58 | 26/10/2023 |
| 06/11/2023 | Various service contracts held by GTCS | Read response 23-49/59 (PDF 104 KB) | 23-49/59 | 30/10/2023 |
| 02/11/2023 | Internal correspondence related to a Freedom of Information response | Read response 23-24/53 (PDF 49 KB) | 23-24/53 | 07/10/2023 |
| 02/11/2023 | Job titles of staff involved in a Freedom of Information response | Read response 23-24/52 (PDF 49 KB) | 23-24/52 | 07/10/2023 |
| 02/11/2023 | Consultation on Fitness to Teach Threshold policy in 2023 | Read response 23-24/51 (PDF 156 KB) | 23-24/51 | 07/10/2023 |
| 30/10/2023 | The information I’m requesting is regarding the software contracts that the organisation uses, for the following fields. Enterprise Resource Planning Software Solution (ERP): Primary Customer Relationship Management Solution (CRM): For example, Salesforce, Lagan CRM, Microsoft Dynamics; software of this nature. Primary Human Resources (HR) and Payroll Software Solution: For example, iTrent, ResourceLink, HealthRoster; software of this nature. The organisation’s primary corporate Finance Software Solution: For example, Agresso, Integra, Sapphire Systems; software of this nature. 1. Name of Supplier: Can you please provide me with the software provider for each contract? 2. The brand of the software: Can you please provide me with the actual name of the software. Please do not provide me with the supplier name again please provide me with the actual software name. 3. Description of the contract: Can you please provide me with detailed information about this contract and please state if upgrade, maintenance and support is included. Please also list the software modules included in these contracts. 4. Number of Users/Licenses: What is the total number of user/licenses for this contract? 5. Annual Spend: What is the annual average spend for each contract? 6. Contract Duration: What is the duration of the contract please include any available extensions within the contract. 7. Contract Start Date: What is the start date of this contract? Please include month and year of the contract. DD-MM-YY or MM-YY. 8. Contract Expiry: What is the expiry date of this contract? Please include month and year of the contract. DD-MM-YY or MM-YY. 9. Contract Review Date: What is the review date of this contract? Please include month and year of the contract. If this cannot be provide please provide me estimates of when the contract is likely to be reviewed. DD-MM-YY or MM-YY. 10. Contact Details: I require the full contact details of the person within the organisation responsible for this particular software contract (name, job title, email, contact number). | Read response 23-24/50 (PDF 145 KB) | 23-24/50 | 06/10/2023 |
| 06/10/2023 | I note that in your May 2018 Fitness to Teach Threshold Policy you introduced a clause stating that a referral might be considered frivolous or vexatious if it: Has been made before the local or other more appropriate first points of referral have been used, for example the relevant Head Teacher, the school, the employing local authority (where applicable) and/or the police and that subsequent versions of the policy have contained similar wording. Please could you provide all information that GTC Scotland holds relating to any consultation with any organisation or individual, about this specific change prior to introducing it in May 2018? Please be very careful not to include in your response any information that is outside the scope of my request – i.e. not information relating to consultation about this specific change. | Read response 23-24/49 (PDF 145 KB) | 23-24/49 | 09/09/2023 |
| 11/10/2023 | 1. What percentage of probationer teachers opted for the Preference Waiver Payment during the Student Teacher Probation Allocation Scheme? 2. How many probationer teachers did not receive their first preference placement for their probationary year? 3. How many probationer teachers received their first preference placement for their probationary year for the 2022-23 academic year? 4. How many probationer teachers received their second preference placement for their probationary year for the 2022-23 academic year? 5. How many probationer teachers received their third preference placement for their probationary year for the 2022-23 academic year? 6. How many probationer teachers received their fourth preference placement for their probationary year for the 2022-23 academic year? 7. How many probationer teachers received their fifth preference placement for their probationary year for the 2022-23 academic year? | Read response 23-24/42 (PDF 57 KB) | 23-24/42 | 28/08/2023 |
| 09/10/2023 | For each of the past five academic years. Broken down by each academic year. 1. The number of GTCS teachers that have moved to teach in England, Wales or Northen Ireland? 2. The number of teachers registered in England, Wales or Northen Ireland that have then moved to teach in Scotland and be GTCS registered in Scotland? | Read response 23-24/47 (PDF 51 KB) | 23-24/47 | 03/10/2023 |
| 02/10/2023 | GTC Scotland staff allowed to work abroad | Read response 23-24/40 (PDF 134 KB) | 23-24/40 | 23/08/2023 |
| 25/09/2023 | I want to know how many GTCS registered teachers have gone to work abroad each year since 2007. Please tell me how many teachers on the GTCS register are registered in non-UK schools. Please break down the figure by the year GTCS was informed of the international move, from 2007 to the present. | Read response 23-24/45 (PDF 138 KB) | 23-24/45 | 13/09/2023 |
| 19/09/2023 | I am seeking some data regarding your annual fair trade purchasing. This year marks 10 years of Scotland being a Fair Trade Nation. The Scottish Fair Trade Forum is compiling information on fair trade purchasing within public bodies, institutions and organisations across Scotland for the 2022-23 edition of its report into Fair Trade expenditure and policy commitments within Scotland’s public sector. To understand how General Teaching Council for Scotland’s procurement policies were previously reported on and to read our recommendations, please review our 2019-22 edition here. Can you kindly provide data on General Teaching Council for Scotland’s total annual spend on fair trade goods across the April 2022 – March 2023 financial year? See example response format attached below. Please include a breakdown of vendor name, whether they were contracted/non-contracted, a description of item(s) purchased, the total value per order and items purchased for resale (if applicable). Please also provide your general policy on the procurement of fairly and ethically traded goods and services, in line with section 15(5)(b)(v) of the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014. I am aware that, given potential limitations, you may only be able to capture spend where purchasers have specifically used such terms as “fair” and “trade”, “fairtrade” or “fairly” and “traded” in their requisitions, and so items where buyers have used catalogue item numbers will not be reflected in the data. These considerations will be acknowledged in the report. | Read response 23-24/46 (PDF 137 KB) | 23-24/46 | 15/09/2023 |
| 05/09/2023 | Request for information about clauses in the Fitness to Teach Threshold Policy, | Read response 23-24/38 (PDF 78 KB) Related Information 23-24/38 (PDF 410 KB) | 23-24/38 | 09/08/2023 |
| 31/08/2023 | Request for information on GTC Scotland’s CCTV maintenance and support contract. | Read response 23-24/41 (PDF 65 KB) | 23-24/41 | 25/08/2023 |
| 30/08/2023 | Why is it not mandatory for teachers in Scotland to be randomly tested for drugs? | Read response 23-24/39 (PDF 63 KB) | 23-24/39 | 10/08/2023 |
| 17/08/2023 | I would like to raise freedom of information requests for the following: – Whether it is a legal requirement for academics to be a member of the GTCS. – Whether there is any publicly available information on whether academics are legally required to join the GTCS – Whether there would be any legal issues if I chose to leave the GTCS – To receive a copy of all internal correspondence at the GTCS related to my queries, and my name and membership | Read response 23-24/35 (PDF 105 KB) Related information 23-24/35 (PDF 424 KB) | 23-24/35 | 20/07/2023 |
| 15/08/2023 | How many secondary school geography teachers are there in Scotland? | Read response 23-24/33 (PDF 69 KB) | 23-24/33 | 19/07/2023 |
| 14/08/2023 | Is there an option for Newly Qualified Teachers (NQTs) to identify that they have the Catholic Teacher’s Certificate (CTC) on their induction scheme application? a. If so, how many CTC NQTs identified themselves this year? b. Can this be divided into primary and secondary school numbers? c. If not, is it possible to add this as an option in future years? We know that there is an option for denominational on the application. What was the total number of NQTs who ‘ticked’ that they would be willing to go to a denominational school for 2023/24? (i.e., ticked the denominational or both boxes)? Is there a way to divide these into Primary and Secondary sector numbers? Are local authorities able to request a certain number of CTC qualified NQTs as part of the application process? Are local authorities given information by GTCS regarding whether the NQT is CTC qualified? Are the GTC able to pull from the system where those who ticked denominational schools were placed? (i.e. numbers for each LA, not names of individuals) Again, can this be divided into primary and secondary numbers? | Read response 23-24/31b (PDF 79 KB) | 23-24/31b | 17/07/2023 |
| 11/08/2023 | I wish to submit to the organisation a freedom of information request relating to the organisation’s ICT contracts, specifically around: contact centre contract(s); inbound network services contract (s). | Read response 23-24/34 (PDF 112 KB) | 23-24/34 | 19/07/2023 |
| 08/08/2023 | Information with regards to the organisation’s Mobile Phones contract. | Read response 23-24/32 (PDF KB) | 23-24/32 | 17/07/2023 |
| 07/08/2023 | The information I’m requesting is regarding the software contracts that the organisation uses, for the following fields: Enterprise Resource Planning Software Solution (ERP) | Read response 23-24/30 (PDF 107 KB) | 23-24/30 | 10/07/2023 |
| 14/07/2023 and 04/08/2023 | How many probationer teachers chose each authority as their first choice? How many probationers received their first choice of authority? How many probationers who “ticked the box” were placed in each authority? How many probationers who ticked the box were given an authority that someone else had as their first choice but did not get it? Could the allocation system also be explained as it seems so random. Surely 1st choices are accommodated first and so on, with the box tickers left to fill the vacancies at the end? | Read response 23-24/31a (PDF 80 KB) Read related information 23-24/31a (PDF 50 KB) | 23-24/31a | 08/07/2023 |
| 21/07/2023 | The details of the agreement between the Catholic Church and GTC Scotland and both parties’ understanding of what these exceptional circumstances are. Where the parental voice features as part of that agreement The statistics for probationers for the coming year – How many probationers there are and the breakdown of where they have been allocated. Included in that we ask for the number of those who indicated they were qualified to teach in the denominational sector and how many were allocated a school in the denominational sector. We also ask for the probationer statistics in relation to South Lanarkshire Council. When probationers are requesting a local authority how many selected South Lanarkshire as one of their options and of them, how many had the Catholic Teacher’s Certificate? | Read response 23-24/29 (PDF 77 KB) | 23-24/29 | 03/07/2023 |
| 11/07/2023 | Is there any report or review from the GTCS on decisions taken and negotiated with Teacher Educators around student opportunities for amended school placements during the pandemic? Particularly with regard to TES on PGDE programmes? | Read response 23-24/27 (PDF 69 KB) | 23-24/27 | 02/07/2023 |
| 11/07/2023 | Are the GTCS able to confirm the number of probationary teachers assigned to North Lanarkshire that are due to start in August 2023? Can the GTCS confirm how many primary and secondary probationary teachers are due to start in North Lanarkshire in August 2023? | Read response 23-24/26 (PDF 78 KB) | 23-24/26 | 27/06/2023 |
| 07/07/2023 | Please could you let me know all the ways in which the GTCS has learned from any accepted learning points, deficiencies or failures associated with the fitness to teach case which was considered by an Investigating Panel on 10.11.2016? If there was more than one panel on that date then I would be happy to work with you to identify the one to which I am referring. | Read response 23-24/28 (PDF 78 KB) | 23-24/28 | 09/06/2023 |
| 06/07/2023 | In 2021, how many probationers opted for the Flexible Route from the beginning of their probationary period? How many of these probationers who opted for Flexible from the beginning of their probationary period in 2021 have now achieved full registration? | Read response 23-24/22 (PDF 61 KB) | 23-24/22 | 07/06/2023 |
| 06/07/2023 | Total number of probationers requested by Local Authority year-by-year, over the last 8 years, including 2023/2024, split by Primary and Secondary. Total number of probationers requested by Local Authority year-by-year, over the last 8 years , including 2023/2024, split by secondary subject specialism (e.g. Geography, Maths, English etc…) | Read response 23-24/23 (PDF 67 KB) | 23-24/23 | 07/06/2023 |
| 04/07/2023 | I note that your disclosure log on your website says: “Please note that we may not publish a FOI response on our website due to the confidential or sensitive nature of the information disclosed to the requester” 1. Please could you let me know on what date this text first appeared on your website? 2. Please could you send me copies of any internal correspondence relating to this general decision not to publish some responses? 3. Please could you send my copes of any internal correspondence relating to any specific decision not to publish specific responses? 4. Please could you send me copies of any response made to any FOISA request in the last two years which is not currently published on the disclosure log? 5. Please could you explain why GTCS considers that information that has been cleared for release to an individual under FOISA cannot be made public? | Read response 23-24/25 (PDF 92 KB) | 23-24/25 | 06/06/2023 |
| 04/07/2023 | Would it be possible to confirm when the decision was taken not to publish all FOI responses on the GTCS disclosure log please? Can you please confirm when the following wording was added to the website: ‘Please note that we may not publish a FOI response on our website due to the confidential or sensitive nature of the information disclosed to the requester.’ Are you also able to give any more detail on why this approach has been taken? | Read response 23-24/21 (PDF 62 KB) | 23-24/21 | 06/06/2023 |
| 28/06/2023 | Since 1 January 2020 all media monitoring contracts in place – include cost and specifications of those contracts Since January 2020 all extant media monitoring phrases, names, accounts and key words at that time of FOI starting (1 Jan 2020), any added since, and any taken away since. Since January 2020 all social media accounts monitored by GTCS and / or organisations commissioned, instructed or contracted by GTCS. | Read response 23-24/24 (PDF 79 KB) | 23-24/24 | 13/06/2023 |
| 09/06/2023 | The NASUWT conference takes place over the next few days. An NASUWT official was on BBC Radio this morning saying there has been a rise in unfounded allegations of assault against teachers by pupils. Background 1: I can see from you annual report there were: 230 referrals during 2021-22, a 43% increase from the 161 new cases received in 2020-21 but in line with 2019-20 (228) Question 1: Can you tell me the number of referrals in 2022-23 please? Background 2: Also, I note from your disclosure log there were 22 teachers struck off in the year to October 2022 (the most up to date information available at the time of the disclosure). This was higher than the full year total for the previous three years. https://www.gtcs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/22-23-45.pdf Question 2: Can you tell me the final year figure for 2022 please? Also, do youhave year to date 2023 figures if possible? Question 3: Do you have any comment on the NASUWT’s claim of a rise in unfounded allegations of assault? | Read response 23-24/19 (PDF 108 KB) Related information 23-24/19 1 (XLSX 78 KB) Related information 23-24/19 2 (XLSX 31 KB) | 23-24/19 | 12/05/2023 |
| 24/05/2023 | A copy of the public papers for the public session of the GTC Scotland Council meeting held in April 2023. | Read response 23-24/16 (PDF 60 KB) Related information 23-24/16 (PDF 1 MB) | 23-24/16 | 09/05/2023 |
| 18/05/2023 | 1. the number of registrants who state they are employed in the University Sector? 2. the number of registration who state that they are employed in Higher Education? 3. clarification on how GTC Scotland records this group (other than via the means already referred to in Point 1 and 2? | Read response 23-24/05 (PDF 70 KB) | 23-24/05 | 17/04/2023 |
| 17/05/2023 | As per my records, Kone lift contract has expired. I would like to know whether this contract is still valid or replaced by any other supplier. If all the information besides the contract dates are the same, I am happy to just receive an update on the contract dates. | Read response 23-24/13 PDF 64 KB) | 23-24/13 | 03/05/2023 |
| 17/05/2023 | I would like to request some more information regarding the Flexible Route. Since 2017, how many teachers qualified from the usual TIS programme in Scotland? How does this compare to those who qualified via The Flexible Route? For the following questions, can I see a breakdown of results from the past three years: How many people completed the flexible route as a result of training in a different part of the UK or abroad? How many people completed the Flexible Route as a result of switching from primary to secondary teaching or vice versa? How many people transferred from the usual TIS scheme to complete probation via Flexible Route? How many people completed probation via the Flexible Route from the very start of their probation, i.e. straight from graduation? How many people followed the Flexible Route due to caring responsibilities? How many people started but did not finish/dropped out of the Flexible route? | Read response 23-24/06 (PDF 72 KB) | 23-24/06 | 12/04/2023 |
| 15/05/2023 | I am writing regarding the recent data breach. The purpose is to ensure that GTC Scotland has acted appropriately regarding the breach, fully informed the ICO, and that all efforts have been made to keep confidential information confidential and to take mitigating action. Since the ICO Lead Officer dealing with the case is currently on holiday, I thought it best to contact you directly | Read response 23-24/08 (PDF 70 KB) | 23-24/08 | 18/04/2023 |
| 11/05/2023 & 12/05/2023 | Please disclose your source of funding and how you are appointed to your positions. | Read response 23-24/11 (PDF 110 KB) | 23-24/11 | 24/04/2023 |
| 09/05/2023 | Statistics on total registration numbers, breakdown by type of registration ( student/ NQT etc), age and gender etc. for Chemistry. | Read response 23-24/12 (PDF 82 KB) | 23-24/12 | 26/04/2023 |
| 08/05/2023 | I am writing to request the data referred to in FOI 22-23/68 as being available from mid-April. | Read response 23-24/07 (PDF 102 KB) | 23-24/07 | 17/04/2023 |
| 01/05/2023 | 1. How many times has the First Minister (past or present) intervened in GTCS and the performance of its functions? Please provide any communications, correspondence (including phone records, notes, emails or other communications re this) How many times has the First Minister (past or present) contacted the GTCS with regards to the performance of its functions? Please provide any communications, correspondence (including phone records, notes, emails or other communications re this) 2. How many times has the Cabinet Secretary with the education portfolio (past or present) intervened in GTCS and the performance of its functions? Please provide any communications, correspondence (including phone records, notes, emails or other communications re this) How many times has the Cabinet Secretary with the education portfolio (past or present) contacted the GTCS with regards to the performance of its functions? Please provide any communications, correspondence (including phone records, notes, emails or other communications re this) NB you will need to consult with former, living GTCS CEO’s in order to fulfil this request and I hope that will be undertaken in order to give a full response. | Read response 23-24/01 (PDF 68 KB) Related information 23-04/01 (PDF 346 KB) | 23-24/01 | 03/04/2023 |
| 28/04/2023 | How many probationary teachers successfully completed their probationary year in a. 2020-2021 b. 2021 – 2022 How many in each year continue to be registered. | Read response 23-24/02 (PDF 63 KB) | 23-24/02 | 31/03/2023 |
| 21/04/2023 | I wonder if you might be able to assist me with some research I’m doing into teacher vacancies and retention across the UK. In England, the Department for Education publishes a statistic showing the number of newly-qualified teachers who remain in the profession 5 years after qualifying (School Workforce in England, published 9th June 2022 – Teacher Retention Stats). I’ve had a good look through the Scottish Government’s published data on teacher workforce, but it does not appear they collect an equivalent dataset. I therefore wondered if you had or collect any data on this metric. | Read response 23-24/10 (PDF 62 KB) | 23-24/10 | 18/04/2023 |
| 12/04/2023 | Please can you send me the organisation’s Local Area Network (LAN) contract. | Read response 23-24/04 (PDF 85 KB) | 23-24/04 | 06/04/2023 |
| 11/04/2023 | Under the Freedom of Information [Scotland] Act 2002 we formally request the information listed below in relation to the Scottish Governments Framework for the Provision of Admin, Catering and Manual Staff Services [North & South] Details for all contractors working for Pertemps Recruitment: – Job role or placement name – Start Date – End date | Read response 23-24/03 (PDF 60 KB) | 23-24/03 | 06/04/2023 |
| 04/04/2023 | Could you let me know the person at the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) that you are dealing with concerning the recent data breach that I reported – and any ICO reference number given. If you completed the ICO self-assessment for the data breach, then please could you let me know the answers that you gave to the questions it asked? I am happy to receive a “business as usual” response to these question about the breach if this can be achieved in the next week. Otherwise please respond under FOISA. | Read response 22-23/78 (PDF 99 KB) Related information 22-23/78 (PDF 98 KB) | 22-23/78 | 21/03/2023 |
| 30/03/2023 | I wish to withdraw my previous FOI request concerning the above dated 9th March 2023. I now wish to make a new FOI Request as follows asking for the following copy documents in relation to this case. My specific document requests are as follows: – I request copies of all the relevant documents which show how the GTCS arrived at its conclusion that there was ‘no evidence’ to support a complaint, – I request copies of all the relevant documents which demonstrate how much consideration was given to the fact that the teacher himself confessed to this particular misdemeanour both in the media and elsewhere at this time? – I request copies of the relevant guidance documents about the actions which would be open to the GTCS, then and now, if it found that a teacher had been drinking with schoolgirls in a hotel room. – I request copies of all relevant documents which show the political involvement which led the GTCS to its conclusion that there was ‘no evidence’ to support a complaint? – I request copies of all relevant documents which set out why teachers and others have a right to expect a degree of consistency in the GTCS’s handling of such matters and all documents which explain why that did not occur in this instance? | Read response 22-23/77 (PDF 98 KB) Related information 22-23/77 (PDF 2 MB) | 22-23/77 | 09/03/2023 |
| 30/03/2023 | I would like the organisation to provide me with the following departmental documents around ICT and corporate procurement. Many organisations within your region have different document title names: 2023/24 IT Department Documents ;- these types of documents have detailed information on the department’s future plans and strategies. These documents include: – ICT Strategy/Plan, ICT Department Plan, ICT Financial Plan – ICT Org Chart ;- with names and job titles – Corporate Procurement Strategy that covers 2023/24 and more. | Read response 22-23/76 (PDF 66 KB) Related information 22-23/76 (PDF 204 KB) | 22-23/76 | 02/03/2023 |
| 28/03/2023 | GTCS’s FOI Log webpage was recently “down”. Can you confirm how long it was down for? During that period what were the reason(s) given for it being down on different dates? Can you confirm all (if any) changes made to the site in terms of layout, technical changes and any content changes to what is recorded for public view on that page | Read response 22-23/72 (PDF 65 KB) Related information 22-23/72 (PDF 13 MB) | 22-23/72 | 28/02/2023 |
| 28/03/2023 | The Register of Teachers recently saw two Aberdeenshire senior officers recoded as ‘provisional registration’ with conditions. It was later said that this was a technical error, caused by updates to a stakeholder list. | Read response 22-23/71(2) (PDF 74 KB) Related information 22-23/71(2) (PDF 300 KB) | 22-23/71(2) | 28/02/2023 |
| 27/03/2023 | – Send me a copy of what you refer to as your “historic Complaints Procedures” used in the last ten years. – Let me know the date on which these any historic complaints procedures used in the last ten years were adopted. – Send me any documentation relating to the adoption by Council (e.g. minutes of meeting or meeting papers) of any historic complaints procedures used in the last ten years | Read response 22-23/75 (PDF 68 KB) Related information 22-23/75 (PDF 227 KB) | 22-23/75 | 01/03/2023 |
| 21/03/2023 | The recent GTC Scotland annual report noted 54 referrals made by the public, 51 by employees and 125 from other sources with 174 cases closed in this reporting period | Read response 22-23/74 (PDF 74 KB) | 22-23/74 | 28/02/2023 |
| 16/03/2023 | How many Lead Teachers are registered with GTC Scotland? How many Lead Teachers are registered as working in the Primary Sector? How many Lead Teachers are registered as working in the Secondary Sector? Can you give me the number of Lead Teachers employed by each Local Authority? | Read response 22-23/69 (PDF 67 KB) | 22-23/69 | 16/02/2023 |
| 10/03/2023 | What are the required qualifications for a teacher of National 5 Biology/Chemistry/Physics? What are the required qualifications for a teacher of Higher Biology/Chemistry Physics? | Read response 22-23/70 (PDF 63 KB) | 22-23/70 | 14/02/2023 |
| 09/03/2023 | Might you be able to provide or point me in the direction of stats regarding the number of probationers who are flagged as having ‘unsatisfactory’ progress or as ‘cause for concern’ (separated into these two groups) in their interim profile and how many continued to fall into one of these categories in a second interim profile in each of the last five years? It would also be useful to see the overall number in each cohort to get a sense of the proportion falling into these groups each year. | Read response 22-23/68 (PDF 73 KB) | 22-23/68 | 08/02/2023 |
| 21/02/2023 | Please provide a list of any and all contact your organisation and/or staff have had with British American Tobacco, Imperial Brands, Japan Tobacco International, Philip Morris International, as well as any other domestic or transnational tobacco companies or anyone representing the tobacco industry including subsidiaries of tobacco industry. | Read response 22-23/71 (PDF 62 KB) | 22-23/71 | 20/02/2023 |
| 20/02/2023 | I want to check the Council Minutes in many points in detail and want to make sure and get evidence. So far I got the Council Minutes files from 2000 to 2005 and after I want to get the files from 2006 to 2017. I also want to get the Council Minutes files before 2000 if you digitalised them. | Read response 22-23/66 (PDF 59 KB) Read related information 22-23/66 (PDF 400 KB) | 22-23/66 | 23/01/2023 |
| 14/02/2023 | The information I am requestioning relates to the Secondary Teacher Allocations as part of the preference waiver programme. Currently listed on your website are details of how many preference waiver probationers are sent to each Scottish local authority, however, the data published does not specify numbers per subject for each local authority. Please send me information which specifies how many preference waiver allocations were made for each local authority, and within each, please include how many of each subject were allocated to each local authority. | Read response 22-23/63 (PDF 63 KB) Read related information 22-23/63 (XLSX 67 KB) | 22-23/63 | 02/03/2023 |
| 14/02/2023 | Please could you send me copies of all rules, guidelines, policies, or advice which applied to Fitness to Teach Investigating Panels in November 2016? | Read response 22-23/62 (PDF KB) Read related information 22-23/62 (PDF 1 MB) | 22-23/62 | 20/01/2023 |
| 14/02/2023 | I would like to submit a request for some information from the organisation, in relation to their contracts register. The full contract register should display all the organisations existing/live contracts. | Read response 22-23/67 (PDF 65 KB) Read related information 22-23/67 (XLSX 28 KB) | 22-23/67 | 25/01/2023 |
| 13/02/2023 | Please could you let me know the dates between which GTC Scotland employed an Independent Reviewer to examine service complaints against GTC Scotland which had not been resolved at an internal stage of your complaints process? | Read response 22-23/61 (PDF 74 KB) Read related information 1 22-23/61 (PDF 4 MB) Read related information 2 22-23/61 (PDF 217 KB) | 22-23/61 | 18/01/2023 |
| 12/02/2023 | I understand that the meeting of Council of 14 December 2016 Council was presented with a paper which outlined two main options: a.To instruct Presenting Officers to apply to have [certain Fitness to Teach] cases cancelled and provide guidance to Investigating Panels that any such cases arising at the investigating stage should be considered not to satisfy the “case to answer” test. b. To take no action on the matter until the new Fitness to Teach Rules [were] implemented; accepting the reputational risk that this may present. I understand that Council opted for the first option. Assuming the information I have is correct, please could you let me know how many cases were cancelled or considered not to satisfy the “case to answer” test as a result of this decision of Council. | Read response 22-23/60 (PDF 69 KB) | 22-23/60 | 17/01/2023 |
| 07/02/2023 | Would you be able to provide me with some data regarding the number of Newly Qualified Teachers (NQTs) currently on the Teacher Induction Scheme (TIS) and Flexible Route per primary/secondary. If if is possible to break that down to number of NQTs per Local Authority, that would be great, but a total number would be sufficient. Also, are you able to breakdown and provide a summary of how many NQTs in each LA were Moray House School of Education and Sport. | Read response 22-23/57 (PDF 126 KB) | 22-23/57 | 10/01/2023 |
| 06/02/2023 | Please provide statutory powers and legislation that gives all local authority education and Schools per Curriculum for Excellence, the legal authority to teach explicit and inappropriate sexual health and parenthood (RSHP) education to the extent that teachers are producing sex toys in class to children age 16 and under, in schools? | Read response 22-23/65 (PDF 63 KB) | 22-23/65 | 24/01/2023 |
| 06/02/2023 | I would be very grateful if you would let me know if your organisation carries out EQIAs, or the extended scope of Equality and Human Rights Impact Assessments (EQHRIAs). | Read response 22-23/64 (PDF 59 KB) | 22-23/64 | 24/01/2023 |
| 30/01/2023 | Have Mr xxx and Mrs xxx been consistently on the GTC Scotland register, or have they been off it at any time? | Read response 22-23/58 (PDF 64 KB) | 22-23/58 | 10/01/2023 |
| 23/01/2023 | As per my records Mitrefinch HR contract has expired. I would like to know whether this contract is still valid or replaced by any other supplier. | Read response 22-23/59 (PDF 103 KB) | 22-23/59 | 17/01/2023 |
| 16/01/2023 | Please could you provide me: 1. for the last five years the number of Fitness to Practice cases you have (or are) dealing with regarding teachers’ engaging in sex work, with figures for the outcome of such cases. This includes prostitution, pornography, escorting and any other sexual services. I am only looking for those teachers who were investigated for selling rather purchasing. 2. any policies or other data you have specifically on sex work. By policies I refer both to disciplinary codes etc but also any political or other stances you take on the issue of sex work, e.g. in lobbying government or politicians. | Read response 22-23/56 (PDF 111 KB) | 22-23/56 | 04/01/2023 |
Responses from 2021-22
| Date of Response | Summary of Request | Response | Reference | Date of Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21/12/2022 | Request for a copy of a Fitness to Teach panel decision report about xxx. There are some concerns regarding their fitness to be involved in another organisation, and the confirmation of this decision would be used in this discussion. | Read response 22-23/51 (PDF 66 KB) | 22-23/51 | 30/11/2022 |
| 20/12/2022 | This is an information request relating to the number of staff working at the organisation. Please include the information for the following financial years: 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22: – The number of staff working at the organisation in each of these financial years – The total wage bill for each of these years. Please also provide me with the current headcount of staff. | Read response 22-23/52 (PDF 74 KB) | 22-23/52 | 07/12/2022 |
| 20/12/2022 | I note with interest FOI 22-23/44 requested on 27/10/22. Can GTC-000000078 file please also be shared under FOI? It is referred to in GTC Scotland’s FOI response 22-23/44 and seems to be a file GTC Scotland shared with the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry prior to presenting evidence at the Inquiry. | Read response 22-23/53 (PDF 102 KB) | 22-23/53 | 10/12/2022 |
| 06/12/2022 | For the past academic year, the number of teachers registered with GTC Scotland who have moved from England to Scotland. | Read response 22-23/46 (PDF 63 KB) | 22-23/46 | 08/11/2022 |
| 30/11/2022 | I wish to submit to the organisation a Freedom of Information request relating to the organisation’s ICT contracts, specifically around: 1. contact centre contract(s) 2. inbound network services contract(s) | Read response 22-23/50 (PDF 99 KB) | 22-23/50 | 23/11/2022 |
| 30/11/2022 | Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 I request copies of the following: The number of teachers currently under investigation by the General Teaching Council for Scotland. Please provide a categorisation of the reasons for the investigations, i.e. violent misconduct, sexual misconduct with pupil, sexual misconduct with colleague etc. The number of teachers who have been struck off in EACH of the last three years from the beginning of 2019 until the end of October 2022, including the reason why they were struck off, i.e. violent misconduct, sexual misconduct with pupil, sexual misconduct with colleague etc. Please provide figures showing how many teachers in each of the last three years that the GTCS has been informed have been convicted of offences. Please break the figures down to show the nature of offences involved. The number of teachers in Scotland that currently have criminal records, please provide a brief description of what they have been convicted of in the past, i.e. assault, driving offences, theft etc. I understand that under the Act I am entitled to a response within 20 working days of your receipt of this request. Some parts of the request may be easier to answer than others. Should this be the case, I request that you release information as soon as possible. If my request is denied in whole or in part, I ask that you justify all deletions by reference to specific exemptions of the act. I will also expect you to release all non-exempt material. I reserve the right to appeal your decision to withhold any information or to charge excessive fees. I would prefer to receive the information electronically. If you require any clarification, I expect you to contact me under your section 16 duty to provide advice and assistance if you find any aspect of this FOI request problematic | Read response 22-23/45 (PDF 83 KB) | 22-23/45 | 02/11/2022 |
| 24/11/2022 | Papers that went to the GTCS council earlier this month state that: “We have continued to engage with and participate in the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry. In early 2022 we were invited to provide a closing statement in which we took the opportunity to continue to highlight key concerns GTC Scotland has in relation to child protection practices and effective regulation of the education system.” I would like to request the GTCS closing statement to the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry | Read response 22-23/44 (PDF 63 KB) | 22-23/44 | 27/10/2022 |
| 24/11/2022 | 1. Who decides the number of probationer teachers to be recruited per local authority? 2. Why are probationers placed in Local Authority areas they have selected on a ‘tick box’ exercise when large numbers of teachers are on supply lists due to not being offered regular hours of work? 3. How much additional funding was given to recruit teachers and how was that money spent between 2012-2022, per year? 4. How many supply teachers were recruited for primary schools between 2012-2022, per year? 5. How many supply teachers were recruited for secondary schools between 2012-2022, per year? 6. How many primary school probationary teachers were recruited between 2012-2022, per year? 7. How many secondary school probationary teachers were recruited between 2012-2022, per year? 8. Who decides the number of probationer teachers allocated to each local authority? (Please show a breakdown which ascertains how many probationers were recruited at the local authorities’ request and how many were allocated by the GTCS between 2012-2022, per year) 9. How many displaced primary school teachers were recruited between 2012-2022, per year? 10. How many displaced secondary school teachers were recruited between 2012-2022, per year? 11. How many primary school probationer teachers were registered each year, from 2012 -2022? 12. How many secondary school probationer teachers were registered each year, from 2012 -2022? | Read response 22-23/41 (PDF 135 KB) | 22-23/41 | 24/10/2022 |
| 22/11/2022 | For the past 5 years, The number of individuals whose General Teaching Council for Scotland registration lapsed | Read response 22-23/48 (PDF 63 KB) | 22-23/48 | 13/11/2022 |
| 22/11/2022 | information relating to GTC Scotland’s email retention policy specifically: 1. The current GTC Scotland email retention policy. 2. When that policy was implemented and who approved it being put in place. 3. All board papers and emails about this latest policy being put in place. 4. All copies of previous email retention policies of GTC Scotland with dates of operation. | Read response 22-23/43 (PDF 113 KB) Read related information 22-23/43 (PDF 1 MB) | 22-23/43 | 24/10/2022 |
| 14/11/2022 | What are your service targets customers response times? How long is it taking you to process GTCS overseas qualified teachers applications financial report on allocation funding to departments in your organisation? Number of staff per department dealing with registration. Funding that is collected from subscription / membership fees. How is the funding allocated by department. What is your current level of overseas qualified teachers going through registration? What procedures you have in place for overseas qualified teachers from Ukraine? What is your current backlog on registration of overseas qualified teachers? And if you are experiencing such issues, what is your strategy to eliminate or expedite the following process? How many additional staff has been allocated for quicker results due to the backlog? | Read response 22-23/40 (PDF 70 KB) | 22-23/40 | 17/10/2022 |
| 14/11/2022 | The Children and Young People’s Commissioner Report 2021-2022 reported:- “We [The Children’s Commissioner] challenged the General Teaching Council of Scotland (GTCS) on its approach to child protection and safeguarding concerns raised in relation to teachers. This resulted in the Scottish Government’s Child Protection Team working with GTCS to ensure that referrals were appropriately dealt with, and that messaging about GTCS’ role and approach was clearer.” Can GTCS please provide:- 1. How referrals to GTCS had not been appropriately dealt with before the Children’s Commissioner challenged this aspect (inappropriateness of policy, not practice). What specifically was not appropriate? 2. How many child protection and safeguarding referrals over the past five years are felt to have been dealt with ‘inappropriately’ apropos the recent work with SG Child Protection Team. 3. What actions do GTCS plan to take to ensure that mishandled safeguarding and child protection referrals are reviewed in order to ensure that these referrals are processed in line with the Scottish Government Child Protection Team requirements? 4. How will GTCS communicate the historic issues and changes with individuals who historically made child protection and safeguarding referrals or enquiries in good faith and they were not appropriately dealt with. 5. What redress does GTCS plan to make to those individuals who made child protection and safeguarding referrals or enquiries in good faith. 6. How will GTCS communicate the historic issues and changes with those at the locus of child protection and safeguarding referrals or enquiries that had been made in good faith but were dealt with ‘inappropriately’. 7. What redress GTCS plans to make to those at the locus of child protection and safeguarding referrals or enquiries that had been made in good faith but were dealt with ‘inappropriately’. 8. Please also share all correspondence between GTCS and Scottish Government on this matter, as reported in the Children’s Commissioner’s Annual Report, including emails, letters, notes, messenger/social media or other electronic communications, agendas/notes/minutes of meetings and draft and revised documentation. | Read response 22-23/39 (PDF 75 KB) Read related information 22-23/39 (PDF 2 MB) | 22-23/39 | 17/10/2022 |
| 09/11/2022 | This is a request for information that relates to the organisation’s contracts around ICT contract(s) for Server Hardware Maintenance, Server Virtualisation Licenses and Maintenance and Storage Area Network (SAN) Maintenance/Support. | Read response 22-23/36 (PDF 97 KB) | 22-23/36 | 12/10/2022 |
| 24/10/2022 | Further to the original Facilities Management request, the contract below has expired. Please provide the current status. Waste Biffa Lift Kone I would like the organisation to review my Freedom of Information request below, that’s focused around contract data for services around facilities management. | Read response 22-23/35 (PDF 68 KB) | 22-23/35 | 05/10/2022 |
| 20/10/2022 | Please can you send me the organisation’s Local Area Network (LAN) contract, which may include the following: · Support and Maintenance – e.g. switches, router, software etc · Managed- If this includes services than just LAN. | Read response 22-23/33 (PDF 65 KB) | 22-23/33 | 23/09/2022 |
| 14/10/2022 | I am looking for information on the number of: Male Secondary PE Teachers Female Secondary PE Teachers Male Primary PE Teachers/ PE Specialists Female Primary PE Teachers/ PE Specialists | Read response 22-23/38 (PDF 60 KB) | 22-23/38 | 13/10/2022 |
| 14/10/2022 | Is it possible for the decision of GTCS -v- XXX to be emailed to me please? | Read response 22-23/31 (PDF 65 KB) | 22-23/31 | 15/09/2022 |
| 11/10/2022 | a. The number of roles in your association (expressed in numbers of FTE), that are mainly or exclusively focussed on issues of equality, diversity, or inclusivity. For example, this could include (amongst other guises) “EDI officers” or “diversity and inclusion project managers” but would not include general HR managers. b. Either a. the pay band of each of these roles, or b. the combined total salaries for these roles. Whichever measure is more in accordance with your data preferences. c. In the past 12 months the number of staff days across your organisation which have been committed to attending equality training programmes, whether internally run or with external consultants. (staff days = duration of the training programme multiplied by the number of staff in attendance for the course). d. The contractual cost of any consultants hired, in the past twelve months, to provide any external training or advice on issues of diversity, equality, or inclusivity. e. In the past twelve months, the number of staff days committed to attending conferences relating mainly or exclusively to matters of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. (duration of conference multiplied by the number of staff in attendance). f. The costs of attending these conferences. g. Membership costs the organisation pays for participation in equality charters such as the Stonewall Equality Champions, or Diversity and Inclusion Workplace champions. | Read response 22-23/30 (PDF 64 KB) Related information 22-23/30 (CSV 3 KB) | 22-23/30 | 12/09/2022 |
| 30/09/2022 | Documents relating to XXX disciplinary hearing held on 5/7/8/12 April 2022. The documents include: 1. Decision of the full hearing 2. Panel decision made on 25 March 2022 3. Panel Outcome document dated 17 March 2022 4. All transcripts of proceedings relating to this case, if available | Read response 22-23/29 (PDF 63 KB) Related information 22-23/29 1 (PDF 56 KB) Related information 22-23/29 2 (PDF 47 KB) | 22-23/29 | 02/09/2022 |
| 26/09/2022 | This is an information request relating to the number of staff who are contractual home workers. | Read response 22-23/28 (PDF 62 KB) | 22-23/28 | 31/08/2022 |
| 22/09/2022 | Please send me information about how many teachers have qualified during the pandemic. Please can I have a breakdown of figures for the last five years with the following information: 1. How many teachers qualified between 2017-2022? 2. What local authority these teachers are based in? 3. How many teachers have left the profession between 2017-2022? 4. What how many graduated from which university? | Read response 22-23/25 (PDF 63 KB) Related information 22-23/25 (XLS 19 KB) | 22-23/25 | 19/09/2022 |
| 21/09/2022 | The information I’m requesting is regarding the software contracts that the organisation uses, for the following fields. Enterprise Resource Planning Software Solution (ERP): Primary Customer Relationship Management Solution (CRM): For example, Salesforce, Lagan CRM, Microsoft Dynamics; software of this nature. Primary Human Resources (HR) and Payroll Software Solution: For example, iTrent, ResourceLink, HealthRoster; software of this nature. The organisation’s primary corporate Finance Software Solution: For example, Agresso, Integra, Sapphire Systems; software of this nature. | Read response 22-23/32 (PDF 65 KB) | 22-23/32 | 16/09/2022 |
| 16/09/2022 | I wish to request information under the FOISA please. My request is with regards to a teacher called XXX who appeared in front of your Fitness to Teach Panel earlier this year. The case was reported at the time by various media. e.g. XXX 1. Could you provide me with the GTCS fitness to teach panel outcome report please? 2. Could you provide a verbatim account/transcript of what was said during the hearing please? | Read response 22-23/24 (PDF 65 KB) Related information 22-23/24 (PDF 123 KB) | 22-23/24 | 19/08/2022 |
| 08/09/2022 | Can you provide a copy of the SGTC rule and professional standards rule which allows a teacher to have a sexual or intimate relationship with a pupil past, present or future who are under the age of 18 which is the age defined as a child by the United Nations. Without qualification or distraction. | Read response 22-23/23 (PDF 62 KB) | 22-23/23 | 11/08/2022 |
| 07/09/2022 | Please supply: Full details of the last consultation GTCS held on professional values including: a. the consultation papers b. all the responses c. the overall collation and reporting of the responses received. Please outline fully the process by which the professional values of GTCS were chosen. Please also supply the following: – A full list of all the values which participants had to choose from as part of the consultation. – How many took part in the consultation. – How many teachers took part in the consultation. – How many ‘others’ took part in the consultation. Please state who the others were – How many non-teachers took part in the consulation. How many actually chose the values which now appear as the GTCS professional values. | Read responses 22-23/20 (PDF 87 KB) 22-23/20 Attachment 1 (PDF 348 KB) 22-23/20 Attachment 2 (PDF 1 MB) 22-23/20 Attachment 3 (XLSX 23 KB) 22-23/20 Attachment 4 (PDF 89 KB) 22-23/20 Attachment 5 (PDF 78 KB) 22-23/20 Attachment 6 (PDF KB) | 22-23/20 | 01/08/2022 |
| 02/09/2022 | I just wondered if you had the latest figures on the number of teachers quitting the register (2021) and if they have increased since 2020. | Read response 22-23/26 (PDF 60 KB) | 22-23/26 | 19/08/2022 |
| 01/09/2022 | Please could you provide all emails to and from XXX relating to GTCS matters for as far back as they are currently held? Please could you provide all emails to and from any other Aberdeenshire Council staff relating to GTCS matters for as far back as they are currently held? | Read response 22-23/22 (PDF 60 KB) | 22-23/22 | 04/08/2022 |
| 30/08/2022 | I would be grateful if you could provide the following information How much of GTCS budget is spent on each of the following functions:- -Registration -Regulation -Professional learning / professional development -Any other functions (please specify) How many of GTCS staff work on each of the following functions:- -Registration -Regulation -Professional learning / professional development -Any other functions (please specify) | Read response 22-23/18 (PDF 65 KB) View related information 22-23/18 (PDF 53 KB) View related information 22-23/18 (PDF 60 KB) | 22-23/18 | 01/08/2022 |
| 25/08/2022 | Please share where in legislation GTCS’s role in professional learning is explicitly shared. Please share where in legislation GTCS’s role in professional development is explicitly shared. | Read response 22-23/19 (PDF 63 KB) | 22-23/19 | 01/09/2022 |
| 25/08/2022 | I would like to make a request for the following information relating to the authority’s current Multi-Functional Devices and printing/scanning services contract(s) | Read response 22-23/21 (PDF 66 KB) | 22-23/21 | 28/07/2022 |
| 17/08/2022 | I would be grateful if you could provide the following information relating to Professional Update status. Please could you provide details of the number of registered teachers that are currently (as of 15 July 2022) overdue with regard to their Professional Update | Read response 22-23/17 (PDF 113 KB) | 22-23/17 | 15/07/2022 |
| 11/08/2022 | Could you please provide an annual breakdown for each of the years 2016-2022 for the number of teachers who were investigated or faced disciplinary hearings/actions for sexual misconduct? | Read response 22-23/15 (PDF 73 KB) | 22-23/15 | 14/07/2022 |
| 02/08/2022 | 1. Can you confirm that if the legal advice given to a GTC Scotland Panel during a Panel Meeting or Hearing by the appointed legal assessor is not provided to the parties before the Decision Notice is issued, the Decision from that Hearing or Panel Meeting would be invalid? 2. On how many occasions, if any, in the last 5 years has the GTCS not provided the Legal Advice given to a GTC Scotland Panel by the Legal Assessor during a Hearing or Panel Meeting held as part of a Fitness to Teach Investigation to the parties before the Decision Notice from the Hearing/Panel Meeting is issued? 3. Of these occasions, if any, how many Decisions from a GTC Scotland Panel Meeting or Hearing have subsequently been set aside and required to be taken again because GTC Scotland did not comply with The General Teaching Council for Scotland (Legal Assessor) Rules 2017? | Read response 22-23/14 (PDF 72 KB) | 22-23/14 | 07/07/2022 |
| 01/08/2022 | Could you please provide an annual breakdown for each of the years 2016-2022 for the number of teachers who were investigated or faced disciplinary hearings/action for drugs or substance abuse-related incidents or misconduct? | Read response 22-23/16 (PDF 64 KB) | 22-23/16 | 14/07/2022 |
| 01/08/2022 | I would like the following information: The total number of registered PE teachers currently working in Scotland including demographic breakdown. | Read response 22-23/13 (PDF 62 KB) | 22-23/13 | 04/07/2022 |
| 28/07/2022 | The number of probationers who started in 2021/22 and how many completed. | Read response 22-23/11 (PDF 79 KB) | 22-23/11 | 30/06/2022 |
| 06/07/2022 | Could you please provide data on GTC Scotland’s total annual spend on fair trade goods for the past two annual accounts? | Read response 22-23/12 (PDF 44 KB) | 22-23/12 | 23/06/2022 |
| 01/07/2022 | Please provide the following: • The total number of registered teachers in Scotland, broken down to show the number of Primary and Secondary teachers respectively. • The total number of teachers in Scotland employed on a permanent contract, broken down to show the number of Primary and Secondary teachers respectively. • The total number of teachers in Scotland working on fixed-term contracts or temporary contracts, broken down to show the number of Primary and Secondary teachers respectively. • The total number of newly qualified teachers in Scotland. This information should be provided for the last 5 years and broken down to show the number of Primary and Secondary teachers respectively. • The total number of permanent contract jobs that were filled each year in Scotland for the last 5 years, broken down to show the number of Primary and Secondary teachers respectively. • The total number of permanent jobs in Scotland that were filled by probationer teachers and teachers qualified for less than 2 years, broken down to show the number of Primary and Secondary teachers respectively. • The total number of temporary contract and fixed-term jobs filled in Scotland for the last 5 years, broken down to show the number of Primary and Secondary teachers respectively | Read response 22-23/09 (PDF 61 KB) | 22-23/09 | 09/06/2022 |
| 22/06/2022 | Questions regarding concerns over how child protection/safeguarding issues are being dealt with by GTC Scotland in relation to Aberdeenshire Council. | Read response 22-23/05 (PDF 59 KB) | 22-23/05 | 17/05/2022 |
| 20/06/2022 | In your FOI response 21-22/56. GTC Scotland state that serious cases we [GTC Scotland} receive are ‘usually [FOIer’s italics] well known to the police by the time they reach us’ [GTC Scotland]. Of the referrals relating to child protection and/or safeguarding concerns that GTC Scotland did not investigate in 2020, 2021 and 2022: – How many of these cases were actually known to the police? – And how many did GTC Scotland refer to the police? | Read response (PDF 60 KB) | 22-23/06 22-23/07 22-23/08 | 24/05/2022 |
| 16/06/2022 | This is an information request relating to purchasing of the newspaper The National. | Read response 22-23/10 (PDF 52 KB) | 22-23/10 | 10/06/2022 |
| 31/05/2022 | I would like to submit a request for some information from the organisation in relation to their contract’s register. | Read response 22-23/04 (PDF 96 KB) View related information 22-23/04 (PDF 90 KB) | 22-23/04 | 10/05/2022 |
| 24/05/2022 | To receive a copy of a decision note for a Fitness to Teach hearing held in 2017. | Read response 22-23/03 (PDF 51 KB) | 22-23/03 | 16/04/2022 |
| 20/05/2022 | Can you please provide a breakdown for each of the years 2018 to 2022 so far for the number of teachers struck off for sexual misconduct/offences. | Read response 22-23/02 (PDF 48 KB) | 22-23/02 | 05/04/2022 |
| 13/05/2022 | Details of Primary Human Resources (HR) and Payroll Software solution | Read response 21-22/72-Review (PDF 46 KB) View related information 21-22/72-Review (PDF 1,002 KB) | 21-22/72-Review | 14/04/2022 |
| 09/05/2022 | Please send me a copy of your “frivolous” response letter/email when a referral has not been through a local authority investigation from pre-May 2021 | Read response 22-23/01 (PDF 42 KB) View related Information 22-23/01 (PDF 203 KB) | 22-23/01 | 12/04/2022 |
| 14/04/2022 | I am trying to find out what unofficial or official training courses and qualifications teachers (Headteachers, Management staff, support staff) in Midlothian and East Lothian schools have completed to be able to support young people with ASD, Mental Health and Autism. | Read response 21-22/74 (PDF 47 KB) | 21-22/74 | 22/03/2022 |
| 13/04/2022 | Information was requested in regards to emails sent to, from and forwarded on from a GTC Scotland Council Member. | Read response (PDF 95 KB) View related information 21-22/72 1 (PDF 2 MB) View related information 21-22/72 2 (PDF 411 KB) View related information 21-22/72 3 (PDF 281 KB) | 21-22/72 | 17/03/2022 |
| 12/04/2022 | Several requests were made for information surrounding GTC Scotland and the Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland on the issue of child protection or safeguarding concerns in Scotland. | Read response 21-22/71 (PDF 57 KB) View related information 21-22/71 1 (PDF 533 KB) View related information 21-22/71 2 (PDF 2.52 MB) | 21-22/71 | 15/03/2022 |
| 06/04/2022 | This is an information request relating to the cost of producing an annual gender pay gap report | Read response 21-22/73 (PDF 43 KB) | 21-22/73 | 31/03/2022 |
| 23/03/2022 | Correspondence between GTC Scotland Chief Executive and Registrar and City of Edinburgh Council requesting and setting up a meeting to discuss Fitness to Teach Investigations | Read response 21-22/69 (PDF 46 KB) View related information 21-22/69 (PDF 45 KB) | 21-22/69 | 09/03/2022 |
| 15/03/2022 | False allegation of sexual impropriety – Raised against xxxxxx – A full disclosure of all the records of the hearing concerning the victim xxxxx and the perpetrator of the false allegation the 18-year-old male who has not even got the courage to name himself to the public. – A full disclosure of when the council will be reporting to Police Scotland the male perpetrator for allegedly spiking the female victim’s drink. Please also state what measures the hearing took to uphold the Article 11 UN Human Rights of xxxxx. – Please provide full disclosure of the compensation that will be given to the female victim for the false allegation she has clearly suffered. | Read response 21-22/64 (PDF 46 KB) | 21-22/64 | 15/02/2022 |
| 11/03/2022 | Sexual Misconduct disciplinaries – Could you please provide an annual breakdown for each of the years 2015-2021 for the number of teachers who were investigated or faced disciplinary hearings/actions for sexual misconduct? – Can you please specify the number related to sexual misconduct towards or involving a pupil? – For the same time period, can you please state the number of teachers who were struck off for sexual misconduct or offences? | Read response 21-22/63 (PDF 89 KB) | 21-22/63 | 14/02/2022 |
| 09/03/2022 | Named School Only GTC Scotland Registration: – How many teachers are there in all categories of Scottish Schools that are registered under this category; and – if possible the names of the schools where they are employed. | Read response 21-22/65 (PDF 62 KB) | 21-22/65 | 18/02/2022 |
| 08/03/2022 | Please send me a copy of the original Fitness to Teach Threshold Policy from 2017 – the one that was written just after the 2017 Rules were introduced. | Read response 21-22/68 (PDF 97 KB) View related information 21-22/68 (PDF 145 KB) | 21-22/68 | 04/03/2022 |
| 28/02/2022 | Fitness to Teach Hearing Information – Could I please have copies of the charges that were raised in the fitness to teach hearing between 6 and 10 January? If it’s possible to also have copies of any supporting documents including witness statements that were heard and not disclosed in private, that would be immensely helpful. – I attended the hearing but had difficulties getting access to a couple of the sessions so missed hearing several witnesses. At the time I tried to get technical support to resolve issues but didn’t get a response from the number given or online. – I understand you are reviewing this case. When will this be published on the website? | Read response 21-22/61 (PDF 112 KB) | 21-22/61 | 31/01/2022 |
| 25/02/2022 | Details of Primary Human Resource (HR) and Payroll Software solution | Read response 21-22/58 (PDF 46 KB) | 21-22/58 | 31/01/2022 |
| 23/02/2022 | 1. How many of the case referrals sent to GTC Scotland which were not investigated in 2019 include child protection OR safeguarding concerns? 2. How many of the case referrals sent to GTC Scotland which were not investigated in 2020 include child protection OR safeguarding concerns? 3. How many of the case referrals sent to GTC Scotland which were not investigated in 2021 include child protection OR safeguarding concerns? 4. How many of the cases identified (in points 1, 2 and 3 above) in 2019 that related to safeguarding or child protection did GTC Scotland send on to the police or relevant social work department, as per GIRFEC protocols? 5. How many of the cases identified (in points 1, 2 and 3 above) in 2020 that related to safeguarding or child protection did GTC Scotland send on to the police or relevant social work department, as per GIRFEC protocols? 6. How many of the cases identified in (in points 1, 2 and 3 above) 2021 that related to safeguarding or child protection did GTC Scotland send on to the police or relevant social work department, as per GIRFEC protocols? 7. How many referrals in 2019/2020/2021, having not met the threshold, have been fully investigated by the employer? | Read response 21-22/56 (PDF 58 KB) | 21-22/56 | 20/01/2022 |
| 22/02/2022 | The total number of individuals who have ticked the Preference Waiver Fee box since the scheme started. | Read response 21-22/62 (PDF 107 KB) | 21-22/62 | 25/01/2022 |
| 16/02/2022 | Flexible Route Probationers: – the numbers who have started the flexible route over the last five years; – the numbers who have completed the flexible route over the same period; and – any data or intelligence which you may have in relation to the reasons why people have elected not to complete the process. | Read response 21-22/57 (PDF 89 KB) | 21-22/57 | 25/01/2022 |
| 16/02/2022 | Correspondence between GTC Scotland Chief Executive and Registrar and City of Edinburgh Council requesting and setting up a meeting to discuss Fitness to Teach Investigations. | Read response 21-22/60 (PDF 87 KB) Read response bundle 21-22/60 (PDF 165 KB) Read GTC Scotland response to Education Reform consultation (PDF 764 KB) | 21-22/60 | 07/02/2022 |
| 15/02/2022 | Please provide a copy of GTC Scotland procedures, including onward referral to police and social work, when safeguarding / child protection matters are referred to GTC Scotland. | Read response 21-22/53 (PDF 54 KB) | 21-22/53 | 18/01/2022 |
| 10/02/2022 | Payments made to charities and third sector organisations. | Read response 21-22/59 (PDF 52 KB) | 21-22/59 | 02/02/2022 |
| 01/02/2022 | The number of secondary probationers allocated to each local authority via the preference waiver in each of the last 5 years, broken down by subject. | Read response 21-22/51 (PDF 61 KB) View related spreadsheet 21-22/51 (XLSX 51 KB) | 21-22/51 | 05/01/2022 |
| 01/02/2022 | The number of primary probationers allocated to each local authority via the preference waiver in each of the last 5 years. | Read response 21-22/50 (PDF 98 KB) | 21-22/50 | 05/01/2022 |
| 01/02/2022 | – The number of secondary probationers requested by each local authority in each of the last 5 years, broken down by subject. – The number of secondary probationers allocated to each local authority in each of the last 5 years, broken down by subject. | Read response 21-22/49 (PDF 63 KB) View related spreadsheet 21-22/49 (XLSX 65 KB) | 21-22/49 | 05/01/2022 |
| 01/02/2022 | – The number of primary probationers requested by each local authority in each of the last 5 years. – The number of primary probationers allocated to each local authority in each of the last 5 years. | Read response 21-22/48 (PDF 64 KB) View related spreadsheet 21-22/48 (XLSX 19 KB) | 21-22/48 | 05/01/2022 |
| 25/01/2022 | Information relating to losses and special payments for 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21. | Read response 21-22/55 (PDF 87 KB) | 21-22/55 | 20/01/2022 |
| 25/01/2022 | The total spend by the organisation on social media advertising, including a breakdown by year and by form of social media (e.g. Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.) for the period 2019-20, 2020-21, 2020-22. | Read response 21-22/54 (PDF 50 KB) | 21-22/54 | 19/01/2022 |
| 06/01/2022 | Information on GTC Scotland’s CCTV maintenance and support contract. | Read response 21-22/47 (PDF 16 KB) | 21-22/47 | 21/12/2021 |
| 22/12/2021 | Information about GTC Scotland: – How is GTC Scotland funded? – Who nominated and elects Council members? – What powers does GTC Scotland have? – Who regulates the GTC Scotland? | Read response 21-22/44 (PDF 123 KB) | 21-22/44 | 24/11/2021 |
| 08/12/2021 | Lift service and maintenance – service contract for list service and maintenance. | Read response 21-22/46 (PDF 92 KB) | 21-22/46 | 06/12/2021 |
| 06/12/2021 | Additional Support Needs Teachers: – Number of teachers registered in Scotland (separated into primary and secondary) – Number of teachers registered in Scotland that have ASN registration (separated into primary and secondary) – Number of teachers registered in Scotland that have ASN registration that have Scottish Borders Council as their last employer. | Read response 21-22/41 (PDF 131 KB) | 21-22/41 | 08/11/2021 |
| 30/11/2021 | General waste service contracts – the organisation’s primary waste service contract. | Read response 21-22/45 (PDF 56 KB) | 21-22/45 | 26/11/2021 |
| 30/11/2021 | How many secondary school Psychology teachers there are in Scotland by Local Authority. | Read response 21-22/42 (PDF 52 KB) | 21-22/42 | 25/11/2021 |
| 26/11/2021 | How much GTC Scotland has spent annually on external legal advice in the following years: 2017; 2018; 2019; 2020; 2021. How much GTC Scotland has spent on external legal advice for my own case(s) in the following years: 2018; 2019; 2020; 2021. | Read response 21-22/39 (PDF 48 KB) | 21-22/39 | 01/11/2021 |
| 26/11/2021 | The number of teachers who have PhDs (recognised either by the qualifications section of their profile, or their title being recorded as Dr of Prof/ Doctor or Professor). | Read response 21-22/40 (PDF 47 KB) | 21-22/40 | 29/10/2021 |
| 22/11/2021 | Please send me all emails sent and received by GTC Scotland staff (only those staff who concerned with maintaining the teacher’s register) since April 1, 2019 related to XXXX XXXXX. Please also provide any documents related to the Fitness to Teach Panel’s decision to impose a TRO on XXXXX (for example, meeting minutes and/or email correspondence). | Read response 21-22/38 (PDF 84 KB) | 21-22/38 | 27/10/2021 |
| 16/11/2021 | The details, scope and responses to any consultations held on Fitness to Teach and / or thresholds policies. | Read response 21-22/37 (PDF 91 KB) | 21-22/37 | 27/10/2021 |
| 16/11/2021 | It may be useful to see the ‘disciplinary rules’ and any consultations held on their changes. | Read response 21-22/36 (PDF 50 KB) View related information 21-22/36 (PDF 1 MB) | 21-22/36 | 27/10/2021 |
| 26/11/2021 | I would like to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Scotland Act 2002 (FOISA). Each of these questions are a separate request for the purposes of FOISA: 1. How many probation year teachers completed their probation year, and how many did not (left during), broken down by each academic year from 2015 to date. 2. How many teachers left teaching during a. their probation year b. their first year after qualification and c. during the first five years after qualification, broken down by each academic year from 2015, and broken down by those on the i. four-year undergraduate course and the ii. one year PGDE course. I have put a sample table below which I would appreciate if your response to this question could be presented this way: | Read response 21-22/35 (PDF 100 KB) | 21-22/35 | 21/10/2021 |
| 27/10/2021 | Please provide all copies of the Threshold Policy before this one (if indeed there is one (do let me know if this is a new policy). Also please provide all copies of fitness to teach rules prior to this (again do advise if there were none and if do what else was in place). | Read response 21-22/33 (PDF 67 KB) View related information 21-22/33 (PDF 1 MB) | 21-22/33 | 18/10/2021 |
| 20/10/2021 | Membership fees: requested a breakdown of how many membership fees paid since your registration explaining that this is for tax purposes. | Read response 21-22/34 (PDF 42 KB) | 21-22/34 | 06/10/2021 |
| 05/10/2021 | Demographic data of Home Economics, Technical and Science Teachers in Scotland. | Read response 21-22/28 (PDF 84 KB) | 21-22/28 | 05/10/2021 |
| 27/09/2021 | I’ve got some figures from the Scottish Government (pasted at the end) but not the most recent ones for how many ticked the preference waiver box this year. Would you be able to provide those? And also give me a breakdown of the authorities the preference waiver probationers ended up in this year – so how many went to each of the 32 councils. | Read response 21-22/31 (PDF 37 KB) View related information 21-22/31 (PDF 65 KB ) | 21-22/31 | 17/09/2021 |
| 22/09/2021 | 1. Name of Supplier: Can you please provide me with the software provider for each contract? 2. The brand of the software: Can you please provide me with the actual name of the software. Please do not provide me with the supplier name again please provide me with the actual software name. 3. Description of the contract: Can you please provide me with detailed information about this contract and please state if upgrade, maintenance and support is included. Please also list the software modules included in these contracts. 4. Number of Users/Licenses: What is the total number of user/licenses for this contract? 5. Annual Spend: What is the annual average spend for each contract? 6. Contract Duration: What is the duration of the contract please include any available extensions within the contract. 7. Contract Start Date: What is the start date of this contract? Please include month and year of the contract. DD-MM-YY or MM-YY. 8. Contract Expiry: What is the expiry date of this contract? Please include month and year of the contract. DD-MM-YY or MM-YY. 9. Contract Review Date: What is the review date of this contract? Please include month and year of the contract. If this cannot be provided please provide me estimates of when the contract is likely to be reviewed. DD-MM-YY or MM-YY. 10. Contact Details: I require the full contact details of the person within the organisation responsible for this particular software contract (name, job title, email, contact number) | Read response 21-22/25 (PDF 41 KB) | 21-22/25 | 25/08/2021 |
| 22/09/2021 | Food service contracts and laundry service | Read response 21-22/30 (PDF 87 KB) | 21-22/30 | 17/09/2021 |
| 14/09/2021 | a. How many deaf people are working as Teachers of the Deaf in Scotland? b. How many deaf teachers are working with hearing children in Scotland? | Read response 21-22/27 (PDF 59 KB) | 21-22/27 | 20/08/2021 |
| 27/08/2021 | Number of primary school probationer teachers offered places in Highland schools from August 2021. | Read response 21-22/23 (PDF 44 KB) | 21-22/23 | 13/08/2021 |
| 24/08/2021 | How many probationers on the Teacher Induction Scheme were granted extensions in the previous three years: 2019-2022; 2018-2019; 2017-2018? | Read response 21-22/21 (PDF 38 KB) | 21-22/21 | 26/07/2021 |
| 20/08/2021 | This is an information request relating to payments made to charities and third sector organisations. | Read response 21-22/24 (PDF 46 KB) | 21-22/24 | 17/08/2021 |
| 13/08/2021 | The total number of Probationer Teachers allocated to the Local Authorities listed below for the academic year 2021/2022. The total number of allocated places taken up by each authority. The total number of vacancies left following the allocations process for each Local Authority. | Read response 21-22/19 (PDF 41 KB) View related information 21-22/19 (PDF 95 KB) | 21-22/19 | 13/07/2021 |
| 02/08/2021 | Details of the organisation’s mobile phone contract. | Read response 21-22/22 (PDF 43 KB) | 21-22/22 | 23/07/2021 |
| 22/07/2021 | How many secondary Computing Science teachers are on the GTC Scotland register, broken down as last employed by each authority? | Read response 21-22/18 (PDF 88 KB) | 21-22/18 | 09/07/2021 |
| 22/07/2021 | How many probationers were given an extension in order to reach the Standard for Full Registration. | Read response 21-22/16 (PDF 104 KB) | 21-22/16 | 24/06/2021 |
| 21/07/2021 | Probationer numbers and cancellations as a result of case overviews. | Read response 21-22/13 (PDF 46 KB) | 21-22/13 | 22/06/2021 |
| 14/07/2021 | Number of Technological Education probationers entering the Teacher Induction Scheme in August 2021. | Read response 21-22/12 (PDF 58 KB) | 21-22/12 | 16/06/2021 |
| 09/07/2021 | For each of the last five years (2016-2020) I would like to know the number of GTC Scotland registered teachers who unregistered/left the GTC Scotland register. | Read response 21-22/14 (PDF 53 KB) | 21-22/14 | 14/06/2021 |
| 02/07/2021 | Request for information on the governance, structure, funding and operations of a Teaching Regulatory Authority (TRA) 2021. | Read response 21-22/10 (PDF 145 KB) | 21-22/10 | 04/06/2021 |
| 28/06/2021 | Number of GTC Scotland registered teachers who are between the ages of 65-70. The total number of GTC Scotland registered teachers. Number of GTC Scotland registered leachers in Scotland over 65 | Read response 21-22/15 (PDF 70 KB) | 21-22/15 | 22/06/2021 |
| 25/06/2021 | Fitness to Teach Threshold and Policies. | Read response 21-22/09 (PDF 84 KB) | 21-22/09 | 28/05/2021 |
| 24/06/2021 | The application of the Unacceptable Behaviour and Actions Policy. | Read response 21-22/08 (PDF 26 KB) View related information 21-22/08 (PDF 537 KB) | 21-22/08 | 27/05/2021 |
| 21/06/2021 | How many History teachers have been registered with GTC Scotland in the past five years. A breakdown of those teachers by gender, ethnicity, national identity, qualified within/outwith Scotland, age and religion. | Read response 21-22/06 (PDF 42 KB) | 21-22/06 | 25/05/2021 |
| 18/06/2021 | The number of registrants on the register who are 65 years of age and those who are over the age of 70. | Read response 21-22/11 (PDF 41 KB) | 21-22/11 | 10/06/2021 |
| 27/05/2021 | I would be grateful to receive a copy of the minute of the GTC Scotland Council meeting held on 14 December 2016. | Read response 21-22/07 (PDF 81 KB) View related information 21-22/07 (PDF 63 KB) | 21-22/07 | 13/05/2021 |
| 27/04/2021 | Request for a copy of a Fitness to Teach panel decision report about a named individual. | Read response 21-22/05 (PDF 40 KB) | 21-22/05 | 21/04/2021 |
| 21/04/2021 | GTC Scotland Contacts Register. | Read response 21-22/04 (PDF 49 KB) View related information 21-22/04 (PDF 101 KB) | 21-22/04 | 21/04/2021 |
| 06/05/2021 | The number of probationers being placed in Scottish schools for this coming year 2021/22. The number of probationers going to each local authority. The number of probationers accepted by each of the local authorities who ticked the preference waiver box. | Read response 21-22/01 (PDF 45 KB) View related information 21-22/01 (PDF 65 KB) | 21-22/01 | 08/04/2021 |
| 12/04/2021 | For the last 7 years, or as long as your records allow, can you provide me with the number of probationers each council has to take under the Single Outcome Agreement with the Scottish Government. | Read response 21-22/02 (PDF 38 KB) | 21-22/02 | 09/04/2021 |
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