Obtaining Occupational Health Advice on Fitness to Teach : A Guide for Teacher Employers and Managers and for College Admissions and Pastoral Care Tutors

This is a guide for teacher employers and managers and college admissions and pastoral care tutors.

In is designed to help education authorities and schools make the best use of occupational health advice and support.

It focuses specifically on questions of individual teacher fitness and their relationship to management issues.

This guide should be read in conjunction with the DFEE circular 4/99 "Physical and Mental Fitness to Teach of Teachers and of Entrants to Initial Teacher Training".

There is a companion volume "Fitness to Teach: Occupational Health Guidance for the Training and Employment of Teachers".