Consultation on Introducing Provisional Registration with the GTCE for Trainee Teachers, Unqualified Teachers and Instructors

Further to MI 41/08 issued in the e-courier on 5th April, I would like to draw your attention to the live consultation on the DCSF website on introducing provisional registration with the General Teaching Council for England (GTCE) for trainee teachers, unqualified teachers and instructors.

Qualified teachers in maintained schools in England undertaking specified work, which covers the activities they carry out in their teaching capacity, like the planning of lessons for pupils, are required to be registered with the General Teaching Council for England*. However, others carrying out specified work in schools or training as teachers are not required to be registered because they are not qualified teachers. The consultation document sets out proposals to extend registration with the GTCE to these other groups, which includes trainee teachers, Overseas Trained Teachers not working towards Qualified Teacher Status and instructors. This would enable the Council to assess applicants for provisional registration for their eligibility and suitability to be teachers before registering them and they would also be subject to a code laying down standards of professional conduct and practice expected of teachers. This should enhance the professionalism of the wider teaching profession.

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If you have a query, please contact your school's HR Consultant or HR Officer; alternatively please contact Peter Simmonds in Children's Services on 07795 265669 or by email or Virginia Wakely on 01603 638092 or by email.

*subject to a few limited exceptions.