Teacher misconduct: disciplinary procedures

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Teacher misconduct: Disciplinary procedures for the teaching profession April 2018

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For cases received prior to 19 May 2020, the procedures dated April 2018 will be followed.

This is for:

• teachers
• hearing witnesses
• employers
• supply agencies
• members of the public
• other relevant organisations

It applies to:

• local-authority-maintained schools
• free schools and academies
• pupil referral units
• non-maintained special schools
• independent schools
• sixth-form colleges
• youth custody settings
• children’s homes

It aims to inform teachers, hearing witnesses and employers (or employment or supply agencies) of what will happen at each stage of the investigation, hearing and decision-making processes.

Please also read ‘Teacher misconduct: the prohibition of teachers’.

The system is operated by the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA), an executive agency of the Department for Education, on behalf of the Secretary of State.

Pupil referral units provide education for children who can’t go to a mainstream school.

Non-maintained special schools provide education for children with special educational needs that the Secretary of State for Education has approved under section 342 of the Education Act 1996.