National College for Teaching and Leadership
Teaching & Leadership
The National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) has been repurposed and no longer exists.
Regulation of the teaching profession, including misconduct hearings, will continue to be handled by an executive agency of the Department for Education, the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA). The Teaching Regulation Agency started operation on 1 April 2018.
All other NCTL functions have been moved into the Department for Education.
Contact the Teaching Regulation Agency if you need information about regulation of the teaching profession.
Contact the Department for Education if you need to contact NCTL.
NCTL was an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Education. It existed from 29 March 2013 to 31 March 2018.
Documents
News and communications
See all news and communicationsPolicy papers and consultations
- Mandatory qualification: specialist teachers
- Teacher misconduct: the prohibition of teachers - changes to the National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) advice
Transparency and freedom of information releases
- NCTL annual report and accounts 2016 to 2017
- Postgraduate initial teacher training (ITT) recruitment: 2017 to 2018