Privacy Policy | The Teaching Council

Fit and Proper Person Assessments | Vetting | The Teaching Council

Guide to applying for vetting | Vetting | The Teaching Council

Vetting | The Teaching Council

First time visit: View without clicking anything

I’m a registered teacher | The Teaching Council

Fees | Register to Teach | The Teaching Council

Re-vetting FAQs | Vetting | The Teaching Council

Registration | The Teaching Council

Fitness to Teach | The Teaching Council

Do not link to an anchor on the page that does not exist. For example:
linking to `#content` without a valid destination such as `<body id="content"></body>`.

A common web design pattern is to use a named anchor to show an element via JavaScript, e.g.

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('.bar').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div class="bar">
    This is some content.
</div>
``` 

In these cases, the anchor (`#foo`) should point to the `id` of the hidden element:

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('#foo').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div id="foo">
    This is some content.
</div>
```

This way the semantic intent of the link is preserved, even without JavaScript. 
Note that doing so may require modification to your script, to prevent automatic 
scrolling to the named anchor.

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Title / URL	Issues
Privacy Policy \| The Teaching Councilwww.teachingcouncil.ie/privacy-policy/	1
Fit and Proper Person Assessments \| Vetting \| The Teaching Councilwww.teachingcouncil.ie/vetting/fit-and-proper-person-assessments/	1
Guide to applying for vetting \| Vetting \| The Teaching Councilwww.teachingcouncil.ie/vetting/guide-to-applying-for-vetting/	1
Vetting \| The Teaching Councilwww.teachingcouncil.ie/vetting/	1
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.teachingcouncil.ie/	1
I’m a registered teacher \| The Teaching Councilwww.teachingcouncil.ie/i-am-a-registered-teacher/	1
Fees \| Register to Teach \| The Teaching Councilwww.teachingcouncil.ie/i-am-applying-to-register/fees/	1
Re-vetting FAQs \| Vetting \| The Teaching Councilwww.teachingcouncil.ie/vetting/re-vetting-faqs/	1
Registration \| The Teaching Councilwww.teachingcouncil.ie/registration/	1
Fitness to Teach \| The Teaching Councilwww.teachingcouncil.ie/fitness-to-teach/	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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