24-25/83

I refer to your request for information dated 17 December 2024 (FOI 24-25/83) in which you submitted various queries regarding referrals made to the General Teaching Council for Scotland which we have handled under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act (FOISA).

You asked for “the number of ongoing conduct referrals for Highland Council area including date referrals received” and the “number of outstanding/active conduct referrals for Scotland at today's date (or thereabout)” which we have reported as data extracted on 15 January 2025. Please note that once a referral is received, we refer to it as a 'case' and have used this language in our response.

Please see our response to your queries below. 

The number of ongoing conduct referrals from Highland Council including the date of referral

GTC Scotland currently has 10 conduct cases related to registrants employed by the Highland Council. The dates of referral are shown in Table 1 below.

As of 15 January 2025, there are 180 open conduct cases in total. 

You may contact informationgovernance@gtcs.org.uk if you are dissatisfied with this response, to request GTCS conduct a review of it. You should describe the original request and explain your grounds of review. You have 40 working days from receipt of this response to submit a review request. When the review process has been completed, if you are still dissatisfied, you may use the Scottish Information Commissioner's guidance on making an appeal to make an appeal to the Commissioner.