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You must check a teacher鈥檚 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 teacher鈥檚 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 鈥� 聽you need to check the聽
• is allowed to manage or govern schools 鈥� you need to check the section 128 list
• is barred from working with children 鈥� regulated employers can check the DBS鈥檚 children鈥檚 barred list using the check the children鈥檚 barred list service

You should only check the children鈥檚 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 they鈥檝e 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鈥檒l need:

• the teacher鈥檚 last name and date of birth (you do not need to know their TRN)
• 迟辞听confirm the teacher鈥檚 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

If you do not have a DfE Sign-in account

You can:

• ask your organisation鈥檚 approver to create an account for you
• use the to request an account if you do not have an approver
• email [email protected] if you work for a teacher supply agency 鈥� you should normally receive a response within 5 working days

If you need to check a teacher鈥檚 record while you wait for your DfE Sign-in account, email [email protected] and say 鈥榰rgent query鈥� 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 [email protected] if you have questions about this service. We will aim to respond within 5 working days.