Using an imaginary case study, moderator Mike Baker asks a panel whether teachers ought to follow higher moral personal standards than other professionals.
Should teachers set an example to their pupils in their personal lives over matters such as sexual fidelity? Is a teacher entitled to a murky past so long as it does not impinge on their current teaching? Should school managers intervene when a teacher's family encounters problems or is it none of their business?
The panel, which includes two secondary headteachers, a primary headteacher, a governor and a union official, wrestles with these dilemmas.
Mike Baker, education journalist and presenter of this programme, sadly passed away on 21.09.2012.
Useful websites
GTC: Professionalism in Practice
Guidance on what teachers must avoid, to ensure that they don't get into trouble, including images that they must not keep on their computers
