Check a teacher's record

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You can check a record for anyone with a teacher reference number (TRN), including:

• teachers and former teachers
• teaching assistants and higher level teaching assistants

You can use this service to check the records of multiple teachers at once.

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
• had sanctions or restrictions placed on them by the General Teaching Council for England (GTCE)
• been found guilty of serious misconduct but not prohibited from teaching

BeforeIt will not tell you whether someone:

• has qualified teacher learning and skills (QTLS) status –  you need to check theirthe Society record,for you:Education and Training professional register
• is allowed to manage or govern schools – you need to check the section 128 list
• is barred from working with children – regulated employers can check the DBS’s children’s barred list using the check the children’s barred list service

You should only check the children’s barred list if a candidate:

• will start working with children while waiting for the result of an enhanced DBS check
• does not need theiran enhanced DBS check because they’ve worked with children in a school or college within the last 3 months

Before you start

To check the record of a single teacher, you’ll need:

• the teacher’s last name and date of birth (you do not need to know their TRN)
• should to confirm the teacher’s identity
• a DfE Sign-in account

To check the records of multiple teachers at once, you will need:

• all of their dates of birth
• all of their TRNs
• a DfE Sign-in account

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