Teaching Regulation Agency

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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.

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Documents

Transparency and freedom of information releases

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Our management

Chief Executive and Accounting Officer, TRA

Contact TRA

Teaching Regulation Agency

Cheylesmore House
5 Quinton Road
Coventry
CV1 2WT
United Kingdom

Teacher misconduct

Telephone

020 7593 5393

Please note the misconduct phone lines will be closed from Friday 22 December at 5pm and will reopen on Tuesday 2 January 2024.

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 teaching qualifications.

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

  1. Read about the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and how to make a request.
  2. Check our previous releases to see if we’ve already answered your question.
  3. Make a new request by contacting us using the details below.

Freedom of information (FOI) requests

Department for Education
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.

Corporate information

Jobs and contracts

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