Consultation outcome

Teacher misconduct: regulating the teaching profession

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 1 February 2022
• Last updated: 29 April 2022 — See all updates

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Teacher misconduct: government consultation response

PDF, 284 KB, 16 pages

Detail of outcome

This report presents an analysis of the responses we have received, along with the government’s response.

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Original consultation

Summary

We are seeking views on proposed changes to the teacher misconduct arrangements operated by the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) on behalf of the Secretary of State for Education.

This consultation was held on another website.

This consultation ran from
2pm on 1 February 2022 to 11:45pm on 14 March 2022

Consultation description

We continually look to improve our policies, processes and procedures in relation to the teacher misconduct arrangements.

This consultation sets out a number of proposals to broaden the scope of the teacher misconduct provisions to include:

• persons who commit misconduct when not employed as a teacher but who have previously carried out teaching work
• a wider range of education settings
• enabling the Secretary of State to consider referrals of serious teacher misconduct regardless of how the matter comes to their attention

We would like to hear your views on our proposals.

Published 1 February 2022
Last updated 29 April 2022 + show all updates

1. 29 April 2022

   Added the teacher misconduct consultation response to conclude this consultation.

2. 1 February 2022

   First published.