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 19/05/2021 Rewatha Kamburawala Panel Consideration Outcome Decision Removal with Consent Order 06/10/2021 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 14 July 2021 Richard Lucas Panel Meeting Decision 12/08/2021 23 July 2021 Teacher A Subsequent Registration Application Hearing Decision 19/08/2021 24, 25, 26 May and 1 July 2021 Robert Burke Full Hearing Panel Meeting Full Hearing 06/08/2021 21 April 2021 Gavin Dunlop Panel Consideration Following the decision of a Fitness to Teach Panel to issue a consent order for the reasons outlined in the decision annex, the Teacher has accepted and signed a Removal with Consent Order. Decision Annex Removal with Consent Order 06/08/2021 23 June 2021 Keith Chaplin Panel Consideration Following the decision of a Fitness to Teach Panel to issue a consent order for the reasons outlined in the decision annex, the Teacher has accepted and signed a Reprimand Order. Decision Annex Signed Reprimand Order 28/07/2021 17 and 18 June 2021 Sharon Sinclair Full Hearing Decision - Full Hearing Decision - Panel Meeting 22/07/2021 Upcoming Hearings Hearing notices will be added here up to 7 days in advance. 5, 6, 7, 18 and 19 October 2021 Conduct Full Hearing Date of hearing: 5, 6, 7, 18 and 19 October 2021 Location: GTC Scotland Type of hearing: Conduct Full Hearing Allegation In or around May 2018, whilst employed by Angus Council as a Teacher of Mathematics at Forfar Academy you: Failed to ensure that pupils’ completed assessments were stored in a secure location. Failed to maintain appropriate records and evidence of pupils’ progress throughout the National 4 course and course assessments. Entered information regarding pupil attainment in National 4 unit assessments onto the SEEMiS information system for onward transmission to the SQA without holding appropriate records or evidence of pupil attainment in those assessments. Your behaviour at 3 above: was dishonest; and lacked integrity. 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 3.1 of the General Teaching Council for Scotland’s Code of Professionalism and Conduct 2012. 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. Read the media guidelines 12 October 2021 Procedural Hearing Date of hearing: 12 October 2021 Location: GTC Scotland Type of hearing: Procedural Hearing Allegation A Procedural Hearing is to be held to consider an application made by the Teacher that her Fitness to Teach case be cancelled, in accordance with Rule 2.10.9 of GTCS’ Fitness to Teach Rules 2017. An application concerning the admissibility of certain evidence in the case will subsequently be considered, if applicable. 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 11 October 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, 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) 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. Read the media guidelines 13, 14 and 15 October 2021 Full Hearing - Conduct Date of hearing: 13, 14 and 15 October 2021 Location: Remotely (via Microsoft Teams) Type of hearing: Full Hearing (Conduct) Allegation Whilst employed as a teacher at St Leonards School, St Andrews, ("the School") you did: Between January and December 2019:- regularly spend time alone with Pupil A whilst walking your dog regularly spend time alone speaking with Pupil A in the common room regularly spend time alone with Pupil A watching films in the common room In May 2019 drive Pupil A to your home address alone to return a trailer after a camping trip On 14th September 2019 accompany Pupil A alone to Falkland Palace Your actions at 1(a)(i),(ii) and (iii), (b) and (c) above were:- Inappropriate in breach of professional boundaries Whilst employed as a teacher at St Leonards School, St Andrews, ("the School") you did: On 17 May 2019 send an email to Pupil A The email at (a) contained medical information relating to other pupils at the School Your action at 2(a) was inappropriate in light of 2(b) Your action at 2(a) was in breach of professional boundaries in light of 2(b) Whilst employed as a teacher at St Leonards School, St Andrews, ("the School") you did: state at the School's disciplinary hearing on 12th December 2019 that you had not shared medical information relating to other pupils at the School with Pupil A you knew that you had sent the email dated 17th May 2019 to Pupil A you knew that the email at (b) contained medical information relating to other pupils at the School Your action at paragraph 3(a) was dishonest by reason of paragraphs 3(b) and 3(c) In light of the above it is alleged that the Teacher’s fitness to teach is impaired, and he is unfit to teach, as a result of breaching Parts 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6 and 2.1 of the General Teaching Council for Scotland’s Code of Professionalism and Conduct (COPAC) 2012. 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 11 October 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, 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) 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. 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