Guidance

Check a teacher's record

Check a teacher's record before they start working in your school or college.

• From: Teaching Regulation Agency
• Published: 26 June 2024

Applies to England

You must check a teacher’s record before they start working for you in a school or college in England.

If you use a teacher supply agency you must make sure they’ve checked the teacher’s record.

A teacher’s record tells you whether they have:

• qualified teacher status (QTS) or early years teacher status (EYTS)
• passed their induction
• national professional qualifications (NPQ) or mandatory qualifications for teaching pupils with sensory impairments
• been prohibited from teaching by the Teaching Regulation Agency or General Teaching Council for England
• been found guilty of serious misconduct but not prohibited from teaching

Before you check their record, you:

• will need their last name and date of birth
• should confirm the teacher’s identity

Qualified teacher learning and skills (QTLS) status

A teacher’s record will not tell you if they have QTLS. You need to check the Society for Education and Training professional register.

School managers and governors

There’s a separate list of people who are not allowed to manage or govern schools. This is called the section 128 list.

Published 26 June 2024