Example Hearing type - Teacher name

Definitions

Any reference in this outcome to:

•  ‘GTC Scotland’ means the General Teaching Council for Scotland;
•  the ‘Panel’ means the Fitness to Teach Pane lconsidering the case;
•  the ‘Rules’ (and any related expression) means the GTC Scotland Fitness to Teach Rules 2017 or refers to a provision (or provisions) within them;
•  the ‘Register’ means the GTC Scotland Register of teachers; and
• ‘COPAC’ means the GTC Scotland Code of Professionalism and Conduct 2012.

Notification of Meeting

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Preliminary Matters

There were no preliminary issues.

Allegation(s)

Whilst employed by X council at X school, the Teacher did:

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It is alleged that the Teacher’s fitness to teach is impaired as a result of breaching Parts 1,2,3 and 4 of GTC Scotland’s Code of Professionalism and Conduct 2012 (COPAC)

Information Available to the Panel

1. Document A
2. Document B, containing:
   (i)    Appendix A
   (ii)   Appendix B
3. Statement A 

In response to the notice, the Teacher provided the following additional information for consideration by the Panel:

1. Statement B
2. Statement C

Teacher’s Response

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Summary of Evidence and Submissions

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Decision

The Panel considered all of the information available to it as described above.

The Panel did not consider it appropriate to dispose of the case in accordance with Rule 1. The Panel reached this conclusion for the following reasons:

• Reason 1
• Reason 1 – part A

The Panel considered the relevant Parts of COPAC to be:

• Part 1
• Part 2

The Panel did not consider it appropriate to dismiss the case on the basis of an insufficiency of evidence.The allegation(s) have been admitted by the Teacher. Furthermore, the Panel did not consider the referral to be malicious.

Fitness to Teach

The Panel carefully considered all of the available information and carried out a full assessment of the Teacher’s fitness to teach.

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For these reasons, the Panel concluded that the Teacher’s fitness to teach is currently impaired.

Disposal

As the Panel concluded that the Teacher’s fitness to teach is currently impaired, it moved on to consider the appropriate disposal of the case.

The panel considered the following factors:

1.   Factor A
2. Factor B
   (a) Factor B – Part A
   (b) Factor B – Part B

Having identified the appropriate disposal, the Panel decided to issue a consent order in accordance with Rule 1. The terms of the consent order are set out in the separate ‘Consent Order’ document. Should the Teacher fail to provide his consent to the order within 28 days from the date of the decision notice, the case is to be referred on for hearing proceedings.