General Teaching Council

Presentation by

Mark Fieldsend, Registration Operations Manager

David James, Head of Professional Regulation

General Teaching Council

• Provisional registration and suitability

• Regulation of provisional registrants

General Teaching Council

Functions of the GTC

– Register

– Regulate

– Advise

Provisional Registration and Suitability

• Legislation - Education Act 2002

• What is provisional registration?

• Scope

Provisional Registration and Suitability

How will provisional registration work?

• Pre course suitability assessment

• ISA and GTC provisional registration

• Registering trainees with the GTC– EBR– SCITT– Mainstream HE

Provisional Registration and Suitability

You can view the DCSF consultation at

http://www.dfes.gov.uk/consultations/conDocument.cfm?consultationId=1556

Provisional Registration and Suitability

• What is suitability?• How and when is suitability checked?• What happens if an applicant appears

to be unsuitable?– Refer to the GTC Suitability

Assessment Panel• Eligibility for provisional registration and

commencing an ITT programme

Provisional Registration and Suitability

Regulation of provisional registrants

• Once provisionally registered, trainee teachers will fall under the same regulatory arrangements as qualified teachers

• The GTC is concerned with Unacceptable Professional Conduct & Relevant Criminal Convictions

Regulation of provisional registrants

• HEI’s deal with cases as now

• There will be a new referral requirement

Regulation of provisional registrants

GTC procedures thereafter

• Investigation

• Public hearings

• Range of sanctions

• High Court Appeal

Regulation of provisional registrants

Seriousness

Relevance

Regulation of provisional registrants

• GTC regulation does not change the way on course conduct cases are handled by HEI’s

• It brings wider professional accountability across the system

General Teaching Council

• If you need to contact the GTC to discuss any issue relating to provisional registration, suitability or GTC regulatory procedures please either e-mail or telephone us at the following;

• E-mail - provreg@gtce.org.uk• Telephone – 0121 345 0140

Provisional Registration and Suitability

Thank you

Any Questions