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Use this service to check a teacher’s record before they start working for your school, college, teacher supply agency, or other organisation.
These standards set the minimum requirements for teachers’ practice and conduct.
Download your teaching certificates and check details of your training and induction.
Find out how to obtain qualified teacher status (QTS) to teach in a maintained school or non-maintained special school in England.
Find out what a teacher reference number (TRN) is and how to find or request a TRN.
Forthcoming professional conduct panel hearings and meetings and how to attend a hearing as an observer.
Find resources to help you develop a whole school or college approach to mental health and wellbeing.
Statutory guidance on pay and conditions for teachers in England.
Check if a new employee can work with children while you wait for Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks.
Professional development courses for teachers and leaders to develop skills, progress careers and improve school outcomes.
Check what you need to do to employ teachers who are non-UK citizens.
Guidance for appropriate bodies, headteachers, school staff and governing bodies.
Eligible chemistry, computing, mathematics and physics teachers can apply for targeted retention incentive payments in 2025.
A framework to support trainee and early career teacher development.
How headteachers, induction tutors and mentors can support early career teachers (ECTs) during their early career teacher entitlement (ECTE).
A framework to support trainee teacher development, designed with an expert advisory group.
The mandatory course for special educational needs co-ordinators to learn how to effectively perform the SENCO role.
Guidance for schools and local authorities on the teachers’ pension employer contribution grant (TPECG) 2024 for March 2024 to April 2025.
The training programme and supporting activities that make up the early career teacher entitlement (ETCE).
Funding for courses and educational settings to help teachers and leaders take NPQs for their professional development.
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