Teacher suspended from register for month for forging colleagues' signatures on teaching practice form

Teacher admitted five allegations of professional misconduct in relation to a form he submitted to the Teaching Council as part of induction process for newly-qualified teachers

Allegations against teacher included he had forged the signature of two other teachers in the school and applied the school stamp to the same form in circumstances where he should not have done so. File picture: Larry Cummins

A secondary school teacher who forged the signature of two other teachers on a form to prove he had completed required teaching practice has been suspended from the register for one month by order of the High Court.

A fitness-to-teach inquiry had recommended the sanction after the teacher admitted a series of five allegations of professional misconduct in relation to a form he submitted to the Teaching Council on April 27, 2022, as part of the Droichead induction process for newly-qualified teachers.