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You must check a teachers record before they start working for you in England as part of your safeguarding checks.

If you are an organisation that uses a teacher supply agency, you must get confirmation from the agency that they have completed the safeguarding checks.

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 teachers 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

It will not tell you whether someone:

• has qualified teacher learning and skills (QTLS) status you need to check theSociety for 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 DBSs childrens barred list using the check the childrens barred list service

You should only check the childrens barred list if a candidate:

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

Before you start

To check the record of a single teacher, youll need:

• the teachers last name and date of birth (you do not need to know their TRN)
• toconfirm the teachers 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

Start now

If you do not have a DfE Sign-in account

You can:

• ask your organisations approver to create an account for you
• use the contact form to request an account if you do not have an approver
• email teaching.status@education.gov.uk if you work for a teacher supply agency you should normally receive a response within 5 working days

If you need to check a teachers record while you wait for your DfE Sign-in account, email employer.access@education.gov.uk and say urgent query in the subject line.

Claiming and disowning teachers

You do not have a legal obligation to claim or disown a teacher from your organisation.

You can no longer claim or disown a teacher using this service.

Contact

Email teaching.status@education.gov.uk if you have questions about this service. We will aim to respond within 5 working days.