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<p>The Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) plays an important role in regulating the
teaching profession in England, and considering cases of serious teacher misconduct.
Teachers are the most important factor in a child’s education and the overwhelming
majority are highly competent and effective, and never engage in any form of misconduct.</p><p>The
TRA will only consider allegations of the most serious cases of misconduct. A referral
may be made to the TRA by employers, the public, the police, the Disclosure and Barring
Service and other regulators and interested organisations. The TRA considers all referrals
it receives and where the allegations could amount to serious misconduct by a teacher,
the TRA will impartially investigate the matter and, if necessary, take appropriate
action.</p><p>The TRA reviews all feedback on its processes. It does not sub-categorise
complaints specifically in relation to the online referral service.</p><p>It is important
that processes relating to teacher misconduct are progressed without any political
involvement and Ministers in this Department cannot have any involvement in these
independent investigations, related processes, and decisions.</p><p> </p>
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