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Form for making a complaint about a teacher

This form is for making a complaint about the conduct, competence, or mental or physical fitness of a registered teacher or holder of a limited authority to teach. Please complete all questions in this form.

If you want to complain about more than one registered teacher, please complete one complaint form for each registered teacher about whom you wish to complain. Copies of this form and any documents you supply to the NZ Teachers Council will be provided to the teacher you are complaining about.

You should make your complaint to the principal or Board of Trustees of the teacher's school before contacting the Council. The Council can only consider your complaint if the Board was unable to deal with the complaint satisfactorily.

Compulsory fields are marked with an asterisk (*).

Your personal details

Full name (*):
Address (*):
Telephone (Home)(*):
Telephone (Work)(*):
Email address:

Details of the teacher you are complaining about

The teacher's full name (*):
The teacher's address (if known):
School name (*):
School address (*):

Details of the complaint (*)

In the space below please:

give the date(s) on which the complaint arose
state what your particular complaints are (eg the conduct of the teacher, quality of teaching, character of the teacher)
describe the complaint (eg what happened, where it happened, to whom it happened).

Further information

Witnesses: If any other people can provide information
about the complaint, please provide their names, contact details
and what other information they may be able to provide:

Documents: You will need to post hard copies of relevant
documents to the NZ Teachers Council (PO Box 5326 Wellington,
marked for the attention of The Legal Adviser). If you
cannot provide the documents, please provide details of who has
access to the documents, their contact details and what
information they may be able to provide:

Investigation by the employer (*): If you have referred
this complaint to the teacher's employer (eg the Board of Trustees),
what was the outcome of the complaint? If you have not referred
this complaint to the teacher's employer, what were your reasons
for not doing so?

Outcome (*): Please specify the outcome you would like to
see as a result of your complaint (eg a letter of apology
from the teacher):

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