Foreword
This report provides insight from our work investigating conduct and professional competence concerns raised with us about teachers between 2018 and 2023.
This is the first time that we have been able to analyse data that we hold from more than 1,000 Fitness to Teach cases and consider what it tells us about this work.
The overwhelming majority of those on our Register are fit to teach; less than 0.3 percent of more than 81,000 teachers have concerns raised about them each year – that’s about 200 people. The number we remove from, or refuse entry to, our Register for Fitness to Teach reasons is even smaller – an average of 25 people each year.
We do a lot to facilitate participation in the Fitness to Teach process and we are continuing to focus on encouraging teachers to reflect and engage with us at an early stage when concerns are raised about them. If we are satisfied that a person has insight into the reasons for and/or impact of their actions and has taken steps to address them since concerns arose, we can be more confident it will not happen again or pose a future risk to the public. This helps us to ensure we are focusing on the cases we should, as a professional regulator, so we conclude cases sooner.
The Covid-19 pandemic significantly impacted our Fitness to Teach work. We are still recovering the caseload from that impact, as well as other challenges that we experienced at the same time, particularly in relation to information sharing and cooperation in our process. We have started to reduce the caseload in the last year, and we will continue to work with our partners to deliver changes in the comin years to reduce the time that cases take, in the interests of everyone involved.
We are extremely grateful for the support and constructive challenge we receive from all our partners, and to our colleagues and Fitness to Teach panel members for all they do, as we work to reduce the caseload and deliver improvements to our Fitness to Teach function to promote and ensure trust in teaching.
This report provides insight from our work investigating conduct and professional competence concerns raised with us about teachers between 2018 and 2023.
This is the first time that we have been able to analyse data that we hold from more than 1,000 Fitness to Teach cases and consider what it tells us about this work.
The overwhelming majority of those on our Register are fit to teach; less than 0.3 percent of more than 81,000 teachers have concerns raised about them each year – that’s about 200 people. The number we remove from, or refuse entry to, our Register for Fitness to Teach reasons is even smaller – an average of 25 people each year.
We do a lot to facilitate participation in the Fitness to Teach process and we are continuing to focus on encouraging teachers to reflect and engage with us at an early stage when concerns are raised about them. If we are satisfied that a person has insight into the reasons for and/or impact of their actions and has taken steps to address them since concerns arose, we can be more confident it will not happen again or pose a future risk to the public. This helps us to ensure we are focusing on the cases we should, as a professional regulator, so we conclude cases sooner.
The Covid-19 pandemic significantly impacted our Fitness to Teach work. We are still recovering the caseload from that impact, as well as other challenges that we experienced at the same time, particularly in relation to information sharing and cooperation in our process. We have started to reduce the caseload in the last year, and we will continue to work with our partners to deliver changes in the comin years to reduce the time that cases take, in the interests of everyone involved.
We are extremely grateful for the support and constructive challenge we receive from all our partners, and to our colleagues and Fitness to Teach panel members for all they do, as we work to reduce the caseload and deliver improvements to our Fitness to Teach function to promote and ensure trust in teaching.
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