Fitness to Teach Panel Hearings

Date of hearing: 28-30 November 2018
Location: GTCS
Type of hearing/Application: Conduct Full Hearing

1. 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: 15-17 January
Location: GTCS
Type of hearing/Application: Conduct Full Hearing

1. On exact dates unknown between October 2016 and December 2016, whilst employed by Fife Council as a Chemistry Teacher at School A, you did:
   1. Repeatedly allow pupils to watch material of an inappropriate and sexual nature during classes in your presence; and in doing so you did misuse Council equipment;
   2. Repeatedly leave pupils unsupervised within the classroom

An 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, 1.6, 2.3 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.