HC Deb 31 January 1978 vol 943 c119W
Mr. Brotherton

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what advice her Department gives to local education authorities regarding the continued employment of those found guilty of gross indecency; indecent exposure; rape and drug convictions.

Miss Margaret Jackson

Under statutory regulations, no authority may employ as a teacher a person determined by the Secretary of State to be unsuitable for teaching on the grounds of misconduct or conviction of a criminal offence.