Full hearing (conduct)
Details
Agenda
Allegation(s)
- Between an unknown date in 2022 and 4 January 2023, whilst employed by Glasgow City Council as a teacher at Bannerman High School, the Teacher did:
(a) Set up and maintain a profile on ‘OnlyFans.com’, a subscription based social media platform, under the name ‘Jessica Jackrabbit x’, and did:
(i) Use this profile to advertise and sell subscriptions to access sexually explicit content of herself in the form of photographs and/or videos;
(ii) Make reference in her profile ‘bio’ to being a teacher, by stating ‘good teacher gone bad…really bad \[purple devil emoji]\[winking face with tongue emoji].’;
(iii) Make it clear she was producing sexually explicit content by stating ‘big tits and sexy tight body…pics will be uploaded every couple of days to see how this does and themed packages weekly…I would love to do your special requests [three water droplets emoji] and suggestions are always wel-come [winking face emoji] (sic).’
(b) Whilst engaging in the conduct at allegation 1(a), fail to ensure that her profile picture and ‘bio’ could not be accessed by any member of the public, including those under 18 years of age, without the need for them to log in or register to the OnlyFans site. - On or around 2 December 2022, whilst employed by Glasgow City Council as a teacher at Bannerman High School, the Teacher did engage in a publicly available video interview with the Daily Record newspaper in which she did discuss her role as a teacher at Bannerman High School alongside her decision to join the OnlyFans site.
- The Teacher’s actions at allegations 1 and 2 were lacking in integrity, in that she failed to take steps to prevent herself being identifiable as a teacher and was aware that this risked bringing the teaching profession into disrepute.
In light of the above, it is alleged that Teacher’s fitness to teach is impaired, or in the alternative she is unfit to teach as a result of breaching Parts 1,3 1.4, and 1.6 of the General Teaching Council for Scotland’s Code of Professionalism and Conduct (COPAC) 2012.
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Attending a hearing
Members of the public and media are expected to contact GTC Scotland no less than 48 working hours prior to the start time of the hearing if they wish to attend an in-person hearing in order to allow staffing arrangements to be put in place. Any requests to attend the hearing beyond this time cannot be facilitated and will not be responded to.
When requesting to attend the hearing, the following information will require to be provided:
- Your full name
- Date of hearing
- Contact number we can reach you on
- Reason for wishing to observe (for example: press)
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, 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.
In relation to applications for privacy, media are entitled to make representations to the Panel if they so wish. Further information can be found in the GTC Scotland Privacy and Anonymity Practice Statement. Where a member of the media wishes to make such representations but does not wish to attend the hearing, representations can be provided in writing.
