Full hearing (conduct)

1. Whilst employed by [redacted], in the course of her employment as Head Teacher of [redacted], the Teacher did:
   (a) In October 2019, kiss Pupil A on the cheek at a Halloween disco;
   (b) in March 2020, allow an adult volunteer, Volunteer A, to accompany and supervise pupils on a residential trip to [redacted], without confirming that he was an active member of the PVG Scheme, thus potentially placing pupils at risk of harm;
   (c) in March 2020, take no action upon discovering that Colleague A had an unnamed pupil in her allocated room on multiple nights during a residential trip to [redacted]; leaving the unnamed pupil at risk of harm;
   (d) in March 2020 at [redacted], allow Pupil A to sleep in her allocated room;
   (e) in March 2020 at [redacted], wear only a towel, while in her allocated room in the presence of Pupil A, resulting in Pupil A seeing her breasts;
   (f) on 1 May 2020, inform Colleague A that the local authority was looking for her contact details, when she had been asked not to do so, having been notified that this request was due to a potential child protection issue regarding Colleague A and a young pupil in her care thus risking compromising an ongoing police investigation;
   (g) between 2019 and 2020 on specific dates unknown:
   (i) regularly attend the home address of Pupil A;
   (ii) attend day trips with Pupil A and his family;
   (iii) allow Pupil A to access her handbag to retrieve an unknown item.

And in light of the above, it is alleged that the Teacher’s fitness to teach is impaired and she is unfit to teach, as a result of breaching Parts 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.6 and 2.3 of the General Teaching Council for Scotland’s Code of Professionalism and Conduct 2012.

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