Being registered with us is a statutory requirement for:

• school teachers (QTS required to register as a school teacher)
• further education (FE) teachers
• independent school teachers
• independent special post-16 institution teachers
• school learning support workers
• FE learning support workers
• independent school learning support workers
• independent special post-16 institution support workers
• work-based learning practitioners
• youth workers ( mandatory qualification required, or working towards a qualification)
• youth support workers ( mandatory qualification required, or working towards a qualification)

Employers have a legal obligation to make sure that their employees are registered with us before they start work. This applies to employees working full-time, part-time (including hourly), or supply.

Read the registration rules.

Registrants must be registered in the correct category for the type of work that they do or intend to do.

Read the guidance for employers on the registration of:

• school teachers and school learning support workers
• teaching and learning staff in independent schools and special post-16 institutions
• further education teachers and further education learning support workers
• work-based learning practitioners
• youth workers and youth support workers