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 14/10/20 James (Walker) McKenna Fitness to Teach Panel Decision Decision Conditional Registration Order and Reprimand 17/12/20 09/12/20 Laura Perez-Gavilan Fitness to Teach Panel Decision - Unchallenged Removal Recommendation Decision 11/01/21 16/12/21 Rachel Brennan Fitness to Teach Panel Decision - Unchallenged Recommendation Decision 11/01/21 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 Archive Hearing Date Teacher Type of Hearing Outcome Published 25 Sept 2020 Judith Davies Panel Consideration Outcome Removal with Consent Order 21/10/2020 29 July 2020 Teacher A Panel Consideration Outcome Decision - Teacher Redacted Removal with Consent Order 23/10/20 16/10/20 Redacted Fitness to Teach Panel Decision Removal with Consent Order 10/12/20 Upcoming Hearings 25, 27, 28 and 29 January 2021 Full Hearing Date of hearing: 25, 27, 28 and 29 January 2021 Location: Remotely (via Microsoft Teams Type of hearing: Full Hearing A Full Hearing is to be held to consider the following: Between 25 May 2016 and 30 May 2016, you did engage in inappropriate online communication with another person in which you made references to the following: engaging in sexual activity with a 14-year-old girl; and engaging in bestiality with a dog. On 31 May 2016, you did attend the Travelodge, Falkirk, with the intention of engaging in sexual activity with a 14-year-old girl. 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. In light of the Covid-19 pandemic and Scottish Government guidance on social distancing, this hearing will take place virtually, by way of Microsoft Teams. Should any members of the public or press wish to attend the hearing (virtually), they must contact GTCS no less than 48 working hours prior to the start time of the hearing (i.e. by 10.00 am on Thursday 21 January 2021) in order to request the link to the public hearing. Any requests to attend the hearing beyond this time cannot be facilitated. Attendees will require to have the Microsoft Teams application downloaded to their device. You can download Microsoft Teams from the Microsoft website here, or from the Apple Store on Apple devices, or the Google Play Store on Android devices. When requesting a link to the public hearing, the following information will require to be provided: Your full name Date of hearing Email address to which we can send the Microsoft Teams link Contact number we can reach you on if there are any technical issues during the hearing Reason for wishing to observe (for example: press) Email regulation@gtcs.org.uk to request access As with hearings held in our office, members of the public and press in attendance are reminded not to interrupt proceedings and it is strictly prohibited for an observer to audio or video record, screen shot, photograph, copy or share our hearing proceedings. Under Rule 1.7.10, a Panel may decide to exclude any person where the Panel is of the opinion that his/her presence is disruptive or otherwise detrimental to proceedings being conducted in line with the general objectives. Furthermore, members of the public and press will not be permitted access to the private discussions of the Panel. Link to media guidelines 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