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The GTC is the professional body for teaching in England.

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A debate in the public interest

06 Aug 2010

Chief Executive Keith Bartley encourages a wide-ranging discussion on the GTC's functions in a National Education Trust article. 

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Speaking up for professionalism

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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what's new:
Annual report and financial statements 2009-10

23 Jul 2010

This annual report shows how the GTC has pursued and delivered against the objectives set out in its Corporate Plan for 2009-12.

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what's new:
Council members’ expenses made public

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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