Hearings Schedule and Decisions

Full Hearing (Conduct)

Date of hearing: 17 and 18 May
Location: Virtual (via Microsoft Teams)
Type of hearing: Full Fitness to Teach Conduct Hearing (Conduct)

Allegations

1. During the 2010/11 school session, whilst employed by Perth and Kinross Council as a teacher at Breadalbane Academy and during a formal assessment, you did fail to ensure pupils acted in a controlled and organised manner, causing a breakdown in formal examination conditions and, as a result, pupils in the S4 Business Management project were noted as having similar or identical examination answers.
2. Between 1 August 2016 and 1 April 2017 whilst employed by Perth and Kinross Council as a teacher at Perth High School, you did:
   1. record a unit pass for a pupil on SEEMIS where insufficient evidence existed that the relevant assessment had been completed by the pupil;
   2. provide pupils with model answers to National 4 and National 5 assessment questions which were subsequently copied by pupils during the assessments.
3. Your conduct in respect of allegations 2a) and 2b) above:

i. failed to comply with SQA guidance;

ii. was dishonest;

iii. lacked integrity.

And in light of the above it is alleged that your fitness to teach is impaired and you are unfit to teach, as a result of breaching Parts 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6 and 2.2 of the General Teaching Council for Scotland’s Code of Professionalism and Conduct 2012.

Should any members of the public or press wish to attend the hearing (virtually), they must contact GTC Scotland no less than 48 (working) hours prior to the start time of the hearing (i.e. by 10.00 am on 13 May 2022) in order to request the link to the public hearing. Any requests to attend the hearing beyond this time cannot be facilitated. Attendees will require to have the Microsoft Teams application downloaded to their device. You can download Microsoft Teams from the Microsoft website, or from the Apple Store on Apple devices, or the Google Play Store on Android devices.

When requesting a link to the public hearing, the following information will require to be provided to regulation@gtcs.org.uk:

• Your full name
• Date of hearing
• Email address to which we can send the Microsoft Teams link
• Contact number we can reach you on if there are any technical issues during the hearing
• Reason for wishing to observe (for example: press)
  
  Please send your request to attend to regulation@gtcs.org.uk

As with hearings held in our office, members of the public and press in attendance are reminded not to interrupt proceedings and it is strictly prohibited for an observer to audio or video record, screenshot, photograph, copy or share our hearing proceedings. Under Rule 1.7.10, a Panel may decide to exclude any person where the Panel is of the opinion that his/her presence is disruptive or otherwise detrimental to proceedings being conducted in line with the general objectives. Furthermore, members of the public and press will not be permitted access to the private discussions of the Panel.

Read the observer guidelines

Full Hearing (Competence)

Date of hearing: 19 May
Location: Virtual (via Microsoft Teams)
Type of hearing: Full Fitness to Teach Competence Hearing (Competence)

Matters to be considered

A Professional Competence Full Hearing is to be held under Part 3 of the GTCS Fitness to Teach Rules 2017 to consider a recommendation made by an employer with respect to the Teacher’s professional competence.

Members of the public and media are expected to give at least two working days’ notice to GTCS if they wish to attend a hearing in order to allow staffing arrangements to be put in place.

Should any members of the public or press wish to attend the hearing (virtually), they must contact GTC Scotland no less than 48 (working) hours prior to the start time of the hearing (i.e. by 10.00 am on 17 May 2022) in order to request the link to the public hearing. Any requests to attend the hearing beyond this time cannot be facilitated. Attendees will require to have the Microsoft Teams application downloaded to their device. You can download Microsoft Teams from the Microsoft website, or from the Apple Store on Apple devices, or the Google Play Store on Android devices.

When requesting a link to the public hearing, the following information will require to be provided to regulation@gtcs.org.uk:

• Your full name
• Date of hearing
• Email address to which we can send the Microsoft Teams link
• Contact number we can reach you on if there are any technical issues during the hearing
• Reason for wishing to observe (for example: press)
  
  Please send your request to attend to regulation@gtcs.org.uk

As with hearings held in our office, members of the public and press in attendance are reminded not to interrupt proceedings and it is strictly prohibited for an observer to audio or video record, screenshot, photograph, copy or share our hearing proceedings. Under Rule 1.7.10, a Panel may decide to exclude any person where the Panel is of the opinion that his/her presence is disruptive or otherwise detrimental to proceedings being conducted in line with the general objectives. Furthermore, members of the public and press will not be permitted access to the private discussions of the Panel.

Read the observer guidelines

Full Hearing (Conduct)

Date of Hearing: 23, 24 and 25 May 2022

Location: (Virtual via Microsoft Teams)

On 4 September 2018 whilst employed by Big Bird Nursery you did:

1. shout at Child A;
2. grab the said Child A’s arm

and in light of the above it is alleged that your fitness to teach is impaired and you are unfit to teach as a result of breaching Parts 1.3, 1.4 and 2.4 of the General Teaching Council for Scotland’s Code of Professionalism and Conduct.

Should any members of the public or press wish to attend the hearing (virtually), they must contact GTC Scotland no less than 48 (working) hours prior to the start time of the hearing (i.e. by 10.00 am on 13 May 2022) in order to request the link to the public hearing. Any requests to attend the hearing beyond this time cannot be facilitated. Attendees will require to have the Microsoft Teams application downloaded to their device. You can download Microsoft Teams from the Microsoft website, or from the Apple Store on Apple devices, or the Google Play Store on Android devices.

When requesting a link to the public hearing, the following information will require to be provided to regulation@gtcs.org.uk:

• Your full name
• Date of hearing
• Email address to which we can send the Microsoft Teams link
• Contact number we can reach you on if there are any technical issues during the hearing
• Reason for wishing to observe (for example: press)
  
  Please send your request to attend to regulation@gtcs.org.uk

As with hearings held in our office, members of the public and press in attendance are reminded not to interrupt proceedings and it is strictly prohibited for an observer to audio or video record, screenshot, photograph, copy or share our hearing proceedings. Under Rule 1.7.10, a Panel may decide to exclude any person where the Panel is of the opinion that his/her presence is disruptive or otherwise detrimental to proceedings being conducted in line with the general objectives. Furthermore, members of the public and press will not be permitted access to the private discussions of the Panel.

Read the observer guidelines