features
Explore feature articles on a range of topics from across education.
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Membership of regulatory committees
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- 29 Nov 2011
The GTC has appointed a number of serving teachers and lay representatives to sit on its regulatory committees.
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Bureaucracy – will less be more?
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- 23 Jun 2011
GTC Chair Gail Mortimer examines key proposals in the Education Bill
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GTC appoints new Chief Executive
- published:
- 09 Feb 2011
Alan Meyrick's appointment as Chief Executive of the General Teaching Council for England has been formally ratified at a meeting of the GTC Council.
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New appointment for GTC Chief Executive
- published:
- 27 Jan 2011
GTC Chief Executive Keith Bartley has been appointed as Chief Executive of the South Australia Government Department of Education and Children’s Services.
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GTC closure in 2012
- published:
- 05 Nov 2010
The Government is working towards a closure date for the GTC of 31 March 2012. Until legislation is enacted registration with the GTC remains a legal requirement.
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Speaking up for professionalism
- published:
- 23 Jul 2010
GTC Wales voices concern that teachers in England will become the only professionals in the UK without a representative professional body.
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Council members’ expenses made public
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- 15 Jul 2010
For the first time, the GTC has published details of Council members’ expenses: a disclosure that was agreed in principle at a Council meeting held in 2009.
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Government confirms continuing GTC role until legislative change
- published:
- 06 Jul 2010
The Department for Education has prepared a letter for education bodies confirming that the GTC's statutory functions will continue until new primary legislation is enacted by parliament.
DfE letter: PDF version (27kb)
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Latest updates on the future of the GTC
- published:
- 25 Jun 2010
New web section to provide updates and advice following the proposal by the Secretary of State for Education to abolish the GTC.
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GTC to be abolished, says Gove
- published:
- 02 Jun 2010
Secretary of State for Education announces decision to introduce primary legislation to abolish the GTC.
