You are here: 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 timing for individual cases as this varies according to events on the day. Our Fitness to Teach hearing decisions and any consent orders (which are issues without the need for a hearing) are published below. Recent Decisions Hearing Date Teacher Type of Hearing Outcome Published 15, 16, 17 October and 19 December 2018 Terence Anthony Full Hearing Decision Terence Anthony 01.02.19 1 October 2018; Tuesday 2 October 2018; Wednesday 3 October 2018; Thursday 4 October 2018 Alan Miller Full Hearing Decision Alan Miller Conditional Registration Order 10.12.18 19, 20, 21 November 2018 Robert Walker Full Hearing Decision Robert Walker 16.01.19 5 and 6 December 2019 Gillian Neeson Full Hearing Decision - Gillian Neeson 15.02.19 11 January 2019 Anonymous Panel Procedural Meeting Decision Removal With Consent Order 24.01.19 15 and 16 January 2019 Claire Thompson Full Hearing Decision - Claire Thompson 15.02.19 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. There are removed three months after the publishing date: September October Date Name Type of hearing Outcome Published 7 September 2018 Susan Munro The Teacher signed the Removal with Consent Order. Removal with Consent Order 02.11.2018 11 September 2018 Andrew Sutherland Following the decision of a Fitness to Teach Panel to issue a consent order (for the reasons outlined in the decision outcome), the Teacher accepted and signed the order. Decision Andrew Sutherland 14.11.2018 10, 12, 14, 17-19, 21 September Carol Binnie Full Hearing Decision - Carol Binnie 02.11.2018 1 October 2018; Tuesday 2 October 2018; Wednesday 3 October 2018; Thursday 4 October 2018 Alan Miller Full Hearing Decision Alan Miller Consent Order 10.12.2018 Hearing Calendar February 2019 M T W T F 1 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 14 15 18 19 20 21 22 25 26 27 28 March 2019 M T W T F 1 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 14 15 18 19 20 21 22 25 26 27 28 29 Fitness to Teach Panel Hearings Date of hearing: 28-30 November 2018 Location: GTCS Type of hearing/Application: Conduct Full Hearing 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: http://www.gtcs.org.uk/web/FILES/FormUploads/media-attending-a-ftt-hearing.pdf. 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 GTCS Conducting Hearings in Private Practice Statement: http://www.gtcs.org.uk/web/FILES/FormUploads/practice-statement-conducting-hearings-private78546_1967.pdf. 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. Fitness to Teach Panel Hearings Date of hearing: 18-22 February 2019 Location: GTCS Type of hearing/Application: Conduct Full Hearing On 27 May 2015, whilst employed by South Lanarkshire Council as a teacher at XXXXXXXXXX, you did: behave in an intimidating and aggressive manger towards a female pupil; behave in an intimidating and aggressive manner towards XXXXXXXXXXX On or around 7 May 2014, you did fail to report that you had been charged by Police Service of Scotland with assault on 7 May 2014, and in so doing you did breach South Lanarkshire Council's Code of Conduct, Section 3 and in so doing you were dishonest 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: http://www.gtcs.org.uk/web/FILES/FormUploads/media-attending-a-ftt-hearing.pdf. 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 GTCS Conducting Hearings in Private Practice Statement: http://www.gtcs.org.uk/web/FILES/FormUploads/practice-statement-conducting-hearings-private78546_1967.pdf. 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. Fitness to Teach Panel Hearings Date of hearing: 21 February 2019 Location: GTCS Type of hearing/Application: Conduct Full Hearing On 16 June 2014 at Peebles Sheriff Court you were convicted of the following: "on 15 June 2014 at East Mains, Kalzie, Peebles you did behave in a threatening of abusive manner which was likely to cause a reasonable person to suffer fear or alarm in that you did break various items of property, behave in an aggressive manner, refuse to desist and swallow a number of tablets; Contrary to Section 38(1) of the Criminal Justive and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010. "And on 29 October 2014 you were admonished and dismissed." 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 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: http://www.gtcs.org.uk/web/FILES/FormUploads/media-attending-a-ftt-hearing.pdf. 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 GTCS Conducting Hearings in Private Practice Statement: http://www.gtcs.org.uk/web/FILES/FormUploads/practice-statement-conducting-hearings-private78546_1967.pdf. 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. Fitness to Teach Panel Hearings Date of hearing: 25, 26, 27, 28 February 2019 Location: GTCS Type of hearing/Application: Conduct Full Hearing On or around 26 April 2017, whilst employed at Skypoint School, Spark of Genius, Clydebank, as a Class Teacher, you did have inappropriate physical contact with a pupil by grabbing and pushing him in an aggressive manner causing him distress. 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 1.2, 1.3 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: http://www.gtcs.org.uk/web/FILES/FormUploads/media-attending-a-ftt-hearing.pdf. 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 GTCS Conducting Hearings in Private Practice Statement: http://www.gtcs.org.uk/web/FILES/FormUploads/practice-statement-conducting-hearings-private78546_1967.pdf. 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. Contacts For any media enquiries, please contact: T: +44 (0) 131 314 6077 Media guidelines Downloads Fitness to Teach Publication Policy Conducting Hearings in Private - Practice Statement