Return to the Register (Fitness to Teach removal)

Introduction

To register again, your application needs to be considered by a Fitness to Teach Panel at a hearing.

When you were removed from, or refused entry to, the Register of Teachers, you would have been prohibited from applying for registration or re-registration for a set period. You cannot make a subsequent registration application until that period has expired.

For you to be admitted to the Register, the Panel will need to be satisfied that you are now professionally fit to teach. You will need to demonstrate as part of the application and hearing process that this is the case.

If you are barred from regulated work with children and protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (or similar legislation), any subsequent registration application will be refused automatically. You have no right of appeal when you are refused registration by GTC Scotland in these circumstances.

The process

Once we have received your application we will:

• Write to your nominated referees
• Send you a link to complete a PVG or EPVG application – this must be completed within seven days. If not, it will become void.
• Once we have received your referee reports and PVG information from Disclosure Scotland, your application, references and PVG scheme record will be passed to our Regulation and Legal Services Department.

Regulatory Investigations may carry out any further investigation considered appropriate in the circumstances.

A case management discussion may be arranged to discuss your case and plan how a Fitness to Teach hearing will run. Further information about that process would be provided to you at the time.

A hearing date will be arranged and you will be given at least 28 days’ notice of this. The purpose of the hearing is not to reconsider or re-hear the decision that was made to remove you from, or refuse you entry to, the Register of Teachers. The hearing will focus on determining whether you are now fit to teach. You can find out more about this process here.

If the Fitness to Teach Panel decides at the hearing that you may be admitted to the Register, we will write to you to request payment of your registration fee. Once this fee has been received, your name will be placed on the Register in accordance with the Panel direction.

If the Fitness to Teach Panel decides that you may not be admitted to the Register, you will be advised of your rights of appeal and will be told when it would be possible to apply for registration again.

The Rules that govern our Subsequent Registration Application procedure are set out in our Fitness to Teach Rules.

You may find it helpful to obtain advice from your Professional Association or a legal adviser to assist you in demonstrating at a hearing that you are now professionally fit to teach. Any costs associated with obtaining such advice are a matter for you.

Apply to rejoin the Register

Choose the relevant application form for your situation below.

Please note that failure to send all the required documentation will result in your application being delayed. It may also lead to your application being closed. If this happens you will be required to re-apply and you will be treated as a new applicant who will be required to complete another application form and provide supporting documentation.