Full hearing (conduct)

1. On or around 9 November 2020, during class:
   
   • a) Upon learning of Pupil A being bisexual, say to Pupil A to ‘pick a side’, ‘make up your mind’ or words to that effect;
   • b) say to Pupil A that she and/ or LGBTQA+ people should ‘go to Tanzania, where it is illegal to be gay’, or words to that effect;
   • c) say to Pupil A that he had tried to send the previous Rector, Colleague S, to Tanzania, where is it illegal to be LGBTQA+, but it didn’t work; and
   • d) identify Pupil A as part of the LGBTQA+ community to another pupil without her consent and/or make known his opinion that other pupils in the class were part of the LGBTQA+ community to another pupil without their consent.
2. On multiple occasions on dates unknown between August 2019 and February 2021:
   
   • a) Deliberately used incorrect pronouns when referring to trans students, including one occasion around the October holidays during session 2020/21; and
   • b) Made faces, rolled his eyes, used air quotes, or otherwise was disparaging when talking about gender identity, including one occasion in or around September 2020, and one occasion during the second term of the 2020/2021 session
3. The Teacher’s comments at allegation 1 above were discriminatory against the protected characteristic of sexual orientation.
4. The Teacher’s comments at allegation 3 above were non-inclusive and/ or disrespectful and/or judgemental and/ or demonstrated intolerance and/ or demonstrated prejudice.

And in light of the above it is alleged that the Teacher’s fitness to teach is impaired and/or he is unfit to teach as a result of breaching Parts 1.2, 1.3, 1.6, 2.1, 2.3, 4.2, 4.3, and 5.3 of the General Teaching Council for Scotland Code of Professionalism and Conduct 2012

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