Home > Regulation > Hearings schedule and decisions Fitness To Teach What is Fitness To Teach Process Make a Referral Criminal convictions The Investigation process About Hearings Rules and Policies Professional Update and Fitness to Teach Outcomes Hearings schedule and decisions Fitness to Teach Statistics Hearings schedule and decisions Our Fitness to Teach Publication Policy sets out how we communicate information about our fitness to teach cases to the public. You can view our scheduled Fitness to Teach Hearings up to 7 days in advance by clicking on highlighted dates on the Hearings calendar. Please note that you will find the hearing day start time but not timings for individual cases as this varies according to events on the day. Our Fitness to Teach hearing decisions and any consent orders (which are issued without the need for a hearing) are published below. Recent Decisions Hearing Date Teacher Type of Hearing Outcome Published 8, 9, 10, 22, 29 & 30 January Delia McLaughlan Full Hearing Decision - Delia McLaughlan 12/03/2020 22 October, 11 November, 12 December 2019. 27 February 2020 Adrian Marchant Professional Competence Full Hearing Decision - Adrian Marchant 26/03/2020 19 February 2020 Stephen Knox Consent Order Decision - Stephen Knox Consent Order (PDF) 10/04/2020 Recent decisions remain in the table above for one month. Past decisions remain in the Decisions Archive below for a period of 3 months following the date the decision is published (see right hand column). Hearings are held at our offices and are open to the public. GTC Scotland Clerwood House 96 Clermiston Road Edinburgh EH12 6UT Location Map You can also find us using Google Maps Archive Previous decisions are archived monthly and can be viewed below. They are removed three months after the publishing date: Archive December Hearing Date Teacher Type of Hearing Outcome Published 20 February, 24 April, 12 July, 3 December 2019 Teacher A Panel Consideration Outcome Decision - Teacher A Decision - Teacher A (Anonymity) Decision - Teacher A (Anonymity) Decision - Teacher A (Anonymity) 06/02/2020 13 & 24 September 2019, 6 & 7 January 2020 Joseph Kyrollos Full Hearing Outcome - Joseph Kyrollos Conditional Registration Order 25/02/2020 14 November 2019, 17 January 2020 Teacher X Procedural Hearing Decision - Teacher X - Procedural Hearing 1 Decision - Teacher X - Procedural Hearing 2 25/02/2020 3 & 4 December 2019, 20 January 2020 George Cameron Full Hearing Decision - George Cameron 03/03/2020 Hearing Calendar Hearings are scheduled to take place on the following dates: 7 May 2020 26 May 2020 27 May 2020 Procedural Hearing Date of hearing: 7 May 2020 Location: Remotely (via Microsoft Teams) Type of hearing/Application: Procedural Hearing A Procedural Hearing is to be held on 7 May 2020 at 10.30 am to consider a legal point which has been raised by one of the parties in relation to an ongoing case. Members of the public and media are expected to give at least 24 hours’ notice to GTCS if they wish to attend a hearing in order to allow arrangements to be put in place. Should anyone wish to attend this hearing (remotely) they must have Microsoft Teams downloaded to their device and must contact GTCS to obtain the link to the Procedural Hearing at least 24 hours prior to the start time. As with hearings held in our office, members of the public and press in attendance are reminded not to interrupt proceedings and under no circumstances to record any part of the proceedings. Those in violation of this guidance will be removed from the hearing by the Servicing Officer. All members of the public and press will also be required to leave the hearing during any private discussions held by the Panel. Members of the public and media are expected to give at least one working days’ notice to GTCS if they wish to attend a hearing in order to allow staffing arrangements to be put in place. Link to media guidelines. 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 Privacy and Anonymity Practice statement, which you can Read here. Procedural Hearing Date of hearing: 26 May 2020 Location: Remotely (via Microsoft Teams) Type of hearing/Application: Procedural Hearing A Procedural Hearing is to be held on 26 May 2020 at 10.00 am to consider a legal point which has been raised by one of the parties in relation to an ongoing case. Members of the public and media are expected to give at least 24 hours’ notice to GTCS if they wish to attend a hearing in order to allow arrangements to be put in place. Should anyone wish to attend this hearing (remotely) they must have Microsoft Teams downloaded to their device and must contact GTCS to obtain the link to the Procedural Hearing at least 24 hours prior to the start time. As with hearings held in our office, members of the public and press in attendance are reminded not to interrupt proceedings and under no circumstances to record any part of the proceedings. Those in violation of this guidance will be removed from the hearing by the Servicing Officer. All members of the public and press will also be required to leave the hearing during any private discussions held by the Panel. Members of the public and media are expected to give at least one working days’ notice to GTCS if they wish to attend a hearing in order to allow staffing arrangements to be put in place. Link to media guidelines. 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 Privacy and Anonymity Practice statement, which you can Read here. Conditional Registration Order Review Date of hearing: 27 May 2020 Location: Remotely (via Microsoft Teams) Type of hearing/Application: Conditional Registration Order Review The Teacher was made subject to a Conditional Registration Order following a Full Hearing in 2019. It is alleged that the Teacher has not fully complied with the Conditional Registration Order, and a Panel has been assembled to review the order and decide whether it should be reviewed, revoked or revised, in line with Rule 2.9.1. Due to the ongoing social distancing measures in light of Covid-19, this hearing will take place remotely via Microsoft Teams. Members of the public and media are expected to give at least 24 hours’ notice to GTCS if they wish to attend the hearing in order to allow arrangements to be put in place. Should anyone wish to attend this hearing (remotely) they must have Microsoft Teams downloaded to their device and must contact GTCS to obtain the link to the Conditional Registration Order Review Hearing at least 24 hours prior to the start time (so, by 10.00 am on 26 May 2020). As with hearings held in our office, members of the public and press in attendance are reminded not to interrupt proceedings and under no circumstances to record any part of the proceedings. Those in violation of this guidance will be removed from the hearing by the Servicing Officer. All members of the public and press will also be required to leave the hearing during any private discussions held by the Panel. Please note that an application is being made at the outset of this hearing for the hearing to be held in private. Members of the press/public will not be permitted entry to the hearing until/unless the Panel determine that the hearing should be held in public. Link to media guidelines. Conduct Full Hearing Date of hearing: 10-12 March 2020 Location: GTCS Type of hearing/Application: Conduct Full Hearing A Full Hearing is to be held to consider the following: Between January 2013 and December 2014 whilst you were a [redacted] registered with [redacted]: Between 2013 and March 2014 whilst employed by South Lanarkshire Council as a [redacted], and during the course of that employment, you did: on about 6 March 2014, record that you had undertaken a home visit to service user AA and met with AA prior to any visit having taken place, and in doing so you were dishonest: on 5 March 2014: initially advise your line manager ZZ that you had contact with AA on 6 March 2014, which you knew to be untrue, and in doing so you were dishonest and advise your line manager ZZ that you had previously telephoned AA's father on the telephone number recorded on 'Swisplus' and spoken with him to arrange the visit, despite this telephone number being unobtainable; and in doing so you were dishonest; on about 14 March 2014, initially record that you had visited and seen BB on 14 March 2014 for a Supervising Officer's visit when you did not conduct a visit to BB on that date, and in doing so you were dishonest; on 17 March 2014, amend the date of a visit to BB from 14 March 2014 to 24 February 2014 and in doing so you were dishonest; between about 1 July 2013 and 17 December 2013, in relation to service user CC who suffers from Huntington’s Disease and regarding whom health concerns had been raised by health practitioners: between 1 July 2013 and 23 October 2013, fail to respond to several messages from a Senior Huntington’s Disease Specialist in relation to CC; on 5 November 2013, fail to attend a pre-arranged visit with CC and a Consultant Psychiatrist;on 17 December 2013, fail to attend an urgent pre-arranged health visit with CC and a Consultant Psychiatrist and in doing so you failed to meet relevant standards of practice and put CC at risk of harm; 2. Between November 2014 and December 2014, whilst employed as a [redacted] by [redacted] and whilst working for [redacted], you did: on 9 December 2014, at [redacted], whilst giving evidence at a reconvened Preliminary Proceedings Sub-Committee and whilst under caution: state that [redacted] were aware that you were under investigation by [redacted] when this was not the case, and in doing so you were dishonest; state that you were advised by a representative of [redacted] that you did not need to inform [redacted] that you were under investigation by [redacted], and in doing so you were dishonest and in doing so you failed to communicate in an open and accurate manner. And in light of the above it is alleged that your fitness to teach is impaired and you are unfit to teach, as a result of breaching Parts 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 and 1.6 of the General Teaching Council for Scotland’s Code of Professionalism and Conduct. Members of the public and media are expected to give at least one working days’ notice to GTCS if they wish to attend a hearing in order to allow staffing arrangements to be put in place. Link to media guidelines. 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 Privacy and Anonymity Practice statement, which you can Read here. Contacts For any media enquiries, please contact: T: +44 (0) 131 314 6077 Media guidelines Downloads Fitness to Teach Publication Policy Privacy and Anonymity Practice Statement