Registration Status
An employer can check on the registration status of a teacher directly via Search the Register.
Employer request for a Teacher Report
Employers are entitled to request a detailed report for a registered teacher. The information that is available to employers is specified in Schedule 2 of the General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland (Registration of Teachers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004.
Employers requiring a detailed report should submit an application for a teacher record via the School Portal.
Information supplied to employers and prospective employers is provided for specific purposes and subject to disclosure restrictions:
The information supplied shall not be disclosed to any other person other than the teacher or person to whom the information relates; and
The information is supplied under the condition that it only used for the purposes of ascertaining the suitability of a person’s employment or prospective employment as a teacher.
Action required if a teacher is not registered with the GTCNI
It is possible, that an employer will be confirm that an employee or prospective employee is not registered with the Council. This may be because:
The teacher is eligible for registration but has not yet registered. In such cases the teacher must be registered before they take up employment in grant–aided schools. Employers should inform the teacher that he/she should apply for registration with GTCNI.
The teacher is not eligible to register. Any teacher who is not eligible to register should not be employed in grant–aided schools. If the teacher believes they are eligible to register and disagrees with the record held by GTCNI they should contact GTCNI who will investigate the matter. Once the case has been investigated, the employer and individual teacher will be notified.
A teacher may be ineligible to register with GTCNI for a variety of reasons and a teacher may be de–registered as a result of a being placed on a Barred List which means they cannot work with children or vulnerable adults, a Department of Education or GTCNI restriction or the non–payment of the annual registration fee.