Teaching Regulation Agency
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Teacher misconduct
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This collection contains information about regulating the teaching profession and the process for dealing with cases of serious misconduct.
Find out how to obtain qualified teacher status (QTS) to teach in a maintained school or non-maintained special school in England.
Teacher Services is a free service to check the record of a teacher you employ or are considering employing.
Teacher self-service portal
Service
Portal for teachers to access their Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) records.
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What we do
Responsibility for the regulation of the teaching profession, including misconduct hearings and the maintenance of a record of teachers, trainee teachers and those who hold a teacher reference number.
TRA is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Education.
Documents
Transparency and freedom of information releases
Our management
Contact TRA
Teaching Regulation Agency
5 Quinton Road
Coventry
CV1 2WT
United Kingdom
Teacher misconduct
Telephone
020 7593 5393
Information about regulating the teaching profession and the process for dealing with serious teacher misconduct.
Lines are open Monday to Thursday, 9am to 5pm, and on Friday from 9am to 4:30pm (except public holidays).
Qualified teacher status
Support for trainee teachers and teachers accessing their Teacher Self Service account.
Information for overseas trained teachers on applying for QTS in England.
To find out your teacher reference number (TRN) you will be required to provide the following information: name, date of birth and national insurance number.
Employer Access
Information for employers about conducting statutory teacher status checks.
Our helpdesk no longer provides support by phone but you can contact us by email instead.
Early career teacher (ECT) induction
Information for ECTs and appropriate bodies regarding the statutory ECT induction period and data returns to TRA.
Our helpdesk no longer provides support by phone but you can contact us by email instead.
Early Years Teacher Status (EYTS)
Information for trainee early years teachers and early years teachers about their teaching record.
Our helpdesk no longer provides support by phone but you can contact us by email instead.
Media enquiries
Central newsdesk
020 7783 8300
Make an FOI request
- Read about the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and how to make a request.
- Check our previous releases to see if we’ve already answered your question.
- Make a new request by contacting us using the details below.
Freedom of information (FOI) requests
Piccadilly Gate
Store Street
Manchester
M1 2WD
United Kingdom
Before making an FOI request please check if the information you are requesting is already published in our annual report or published decisions.
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