The number of complaints against teachers that have been investigated upheld and rejected by the General Teaching Council for England in each year since 2005 are set out in the table.
Investigated Rejected Upheld at a hearing 2005 373 244 56 2006 360 267 98 2007 445 311 124 2008 419 315 125 Note: Cases are not always concluded in the year in which they are investigated.
(2) how many investigations by the General Teaching Council following a complaint against a teacher took more than (a) three months, (b) six months, (c) 12 months and (d) 18 months to complete in each year since 2005; and if he will make a statement.
When considering complaints about teachers the General Teaching Council for England has two distinct processes; an investigation process and a hearing process. The investigation process concludes either with a referral to the hearing process or with a decision that there is no case to answer.
The average time taken for cases to be concluded in each of these processes is provided in the following table.
Weeks Financial year Cases concluded at investigation stage (i.e. no case to answer) Cases concluded following a hearing 2006/07 13 78 2007/08 12 67 2008/09 12 59
The timescales for considering complaints at each of these stages is set out in the following tables.
Months 0 to 3 3 to 6 6 to 12 12 to 18 Over 18 2006/07 171 62 16 1 2 2007/08 224 59 13 4 0 2008/09 222 84 11 2 3
Months 0 to 3 3 to 6 6 to 12 12 to 18 Over 18 2006/07 0 0 11 68 44 2007/08 0 2 57 38 40 2008/09 0 1 75 51 24 Note: Data are unavailable for the financial year 2005/06.
The number of prohibition orders preventing teachers from practising as a registered teacher issued by the General Teaching Council for England in each year since 2001 is set out in the table.
Number of prohibition orders issued 2001 0 2002 2 2003 6 2004 5 2005 13 2006 24 2007 31 2008 25