A former Edinburgh head teacher has been accused of failing to properly handle a sexual harassment case at one of Edinburgh's toughest schools.
Derek Curran was appointed to lead Castlebrae Community High School in 2013 to try re-shape the school and turn results around.
The 61-year-old soon found himself in the thick of a controversy surrounding his actions after claims that a teacher was sexually harassing an adult learner was not dealt with sufficiently, as the Daily Record reports.
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He is now set to appear before an education watchdog where he faces a host of allegations.
The General Teaching Council for Scotland is set to hear how Curran failed to carry out his duty and properly act upon the serious claims.
The educator is also accused of not ensuring that proper support was in place to aid the alleged victim and failing to refer another potential historical child protection issue.
In addition, the watchdog will examine whether Curran’s 2016 conviction for threatening or abusive behaviour makes him unfit to teach.
In January 2014, Curran also landed himself in trouble after refusing to leave a ward at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh where he placed two people in a state of alarm.
Curran is also facing claims that he failed to adhere to Edinburgh City Council’s procedures for travel expenses to the sum of £399.
The 'super-head' is also accused of not carrying out the appropriate procedures in relation to a payment of salaries to post-secondary education staff avoiding the payment of tax and national insurance.
Curran faces being banned from the profession with a three day hearing due to take place in Edinburgh later this week.
In 2018, the former head teacher won an unfair dismissal claim against Edinburgh City Council, after a judge found that the authority ‘failed to follow a fair procedure’ during his dismissal.
Employment judge Murdo Macleod agreed that his alleged failure to report the historic child protection issue did amount to misconduct.
But he found that the council ‘lumping’ other allegations against him during the firing process was ‘unfair’.
Curran has previously had two other serious cases against him dropped, namely fathering a child with an underage girl and a domestic abuse claim that he beat two pregnant woman. Both were thrown out of court.
