Schools and employers should check a prospective teacher’s registration status, before they begin working in a school.
GTCNI offer an online service to enable teachers, employers, prospective employers and others to Search the Register. This online service provides live information on the registration status of all registered teachers. This will only confirm if a teacher is active on the register, their last known employer and their GTCNI number.
Information held on the register
The information held on an individual teacher’s record includes the teacher’s name, last known employer and GTCNI number. GTCNI recognises the confidential nature of your information and will ensure full compliance with Data Protection Legislation. Employers are urged to keep GTCNI informed of any changes of details relating to registered teachers in their employment, for example, changes of contract type or employment type.
Registered Teachers
As a registered teacher you can access all the information held on your teacher record by logging in to the Teacher Portal. This information is confidential and unique to you as an individual teacher and cannot be viewed or utilized by any other registered teacher or via Search the Register.
Employers
Employing Authorities and Schools can check a teachers’ registration status by Searching the Register or requesting 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 be used for the purposes of ascertaining the suitability of a person’s employment or prospective employment as a teacher.
General Public
Access to the Register of Teachers is not limited to teachers and employers. Any member of the public is entitled to be told whether or not a teacher is registered with the GTCNI. If you wish to check a teachers’ registration status you can access Search the Register. This will only confirm if a teacher is registered, their last known employer and their GTCNI number.
Data Protection
The data supplied by registered teachers, applicants, and the data relating to a teacher held on the Register will be processed in accordance with GTCNI’s functions, as defined in the Education (NI) Order 1998, the General Data Protection Regulations and the General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland (Registration of Teachers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004. For more information on how we will protect and use this data please view our Privacy Notice.
GTCNI will also use this data to undertake statistical analysis on an anonymous basis to inform policy development and to enable us to promote equality of opportunity and diversity within the teaching profession.
Keeping your record up to date
GTCNI is committed to making its Register of Teachers as up to date and accurate as possible. All registered teachers are encouraged to update their own teacher record. If you change your home address or name, please update these details via the Teacher Portal.
If you want to talk to us about your registration, please contact the Registration Team by phone (028) 9033 3390 or email: registration@gtcni.org.uk.