Teachers: Disciplinary Proceedings
(asked on 29th August 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on how many occasions in the last 12 months decision-makers within her Department have issued sanctions to teachers after disciplinary hearings that have differed from the sanctions recommended by the Professional Conduct Panel of the National College for Teaching and Leadership; and in what respects those sanctions have differed from the recommended sanctions.
In the period 1 September 2013 to 31 August 2014, decision makers issued sanctions to teachers after disciplinary hearings that differed from the sanctions recommended by the Professional Conduct Panel of the National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) on seven occasions. Details are included within the table below.
Number of Cases | Recommendation of panel | Final decision |
3 | No prohibition. | Prohibition for life with opportunity to apply for the order to be set aside after a minimum period of two years. |
3 | Prohibition for life with opportunity to apply for the order to be set aside after a minimum period of five years. | Prohibition for life with no opportunity to apply for the order to be set aside. |
1 | Prohibition for life with opportunity to apply for the order to be set aside after a minimum period of 10 years. | Prohibition for life with no opportunity to apply for the order to be set aside. |