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GTC Scotland writes to the new Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills
GTC Scotland highlights the critical role teachers play in the education system in a letter to the new Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills. -
GTC Scotland clarifies role in education in Scottish Parliament Committee response
GTC Scotland has clarified its role in education in its response to the petition being considered by the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee to develop an educational resource on abortion. -
GTC Scotland writes to Scotland’s new First Minister
GTC Scotland’s Chief Executive and Registrar Dr Pauline Stephen has written to the new First Minister Humza Yousaf MSP congratulating him on his new post, and welcoming the opportunity to work with him and his Cabinet in the interests of trusted teaching. -
GTC Scotland responds to child safeguarding petition
GTC Scotland has responded to the petition being considered by the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee to establish an independent inquiry and an independent national whistleblowing officer to investigate concerns about the alleged mishandling of child safeguarding enquiries by public bodies. -
GTC Scotland welcomes child safeguarding decision
GTC Scotland welcomes the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee’s decision to gather more information about the handling of child safeguarding enquiries in education. Since before 2017 we have raised issues about how the system works in this fundamental area. We have called for better information sharing, and a strengthened… -
GTC Scotland contribution to National Discussion on Scottish education
GTC Scotland has submitted a contribution to the Scottish Government and Convention of Scottish Local Authorities’ (COSLA) national discussion focussed on developing the future vision for Scottish education. Our feedback is organised into three themes: Finally, we offer some reflections on the teaching profession’s engagement with this work. -
GTC Scotland hosts a National Discussion on Education
Trusted teaching leads education. The voice of Scotland’s teaching profession is critical to informing real and meaningful change. Our profession shapes our own standards and now has the opportunity to shape a future vision for Scottish education. GTC Scotland, the teaching profession’s independent registration and regulation body is delighted to… -
Celebrating teachers on World Teachers’ Day
On World Teachers’ Day, Dr Pauline Stephen, Chief Executive and Registrar of GTC Scotland has written to politicians in Scotland to highlight the high standards of the teaching profession. Here is what Pauline said: “This year’s theme for World Teachers’ Day is ‘the transformation of education begins with teachers’. “UNESCO… -
Scottish Universities Inclusion Group and GTC Scotland launch third edition of National Framework for Inclusion
The Scottish Universities Inclusion Group and GTC Scotland have published the third edition of the National Framework for Inclusion (NFI). The NFI is designed to support teachers at all stages in their careers to recognise, value, and respond positively to the diversity of children and young people in schools. … -
GTC Scotland calls for clarity and coherence in the education system
GTC Scotland has today published its response to the Muir Review, the consultation led by Professor Ken Muir on the replacement of the Scottish Qualifications Authority and the reform of Education Scotland. The response calls for careful consideration as to the function and operation of each part of the education…