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School Teacher

Regulators
  • General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland
Nations
  • Northern Ireland
Sectors
  • Education

Regulatory or professional bodies

Primary regulator

Address

4th floor, Albany House, 73-75 Great Victoria Street
Belfast
BT2 7AF

Email address
info@gtcni.org.uk
Phone number
+44 (0)28 9033 3390

Regulation

Regulation summary

The General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland (Registration of Teachers) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 enabled GTCNI to exercise its regulatory function. The regulations allow:

• GTCNI to remove a teacher from the register if found guilty of misconduct;
• individuals to make representations to GTCNI;
• GTCNI to issue a notice of its decisions; and
• the right of appeal to the High Court if a teacher is removed from the register.

Regulation type

Licence

Reserved activities

Removal of person from Teaching Register


Qualifications and experience

New professionals

Routes to qualification

Registration is qualifications based. It is a legal requirement that all teachers working in grant-aided schools in Northern Ireland be registered with GTCNI.

Professionals from other UK nations

Routes to recognition within the UK

Qualified teachers from Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) can apply to be recognised by GTCNI.

Teachers who have obtained Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) awarded by either the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA, or its predecessor/s) or the Welsh Education Workforce Council (EWC, or its predecessor/s); or hold registration with the General Teaching Council for Scotland, may be eligible for registration with GTCNI.

Teachers qualified in Great Britain must have completed a Bachelor of Education degree, an approved Postgraduate Certificate/Diploma of Education or other approved teaching training course. For those who completed a Postgraduate teaching qualification, they must also hold an Undergraduate degree.

For teachers who have obtained their teacher education qualifications in Scotland, the course must be GTC Scotland approved.

For teachers who have obtained their teacher education qualifications in England or Wales, the courses must lead to the granting of Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).

GTCNI does not recognise QTS awards by assessment route only obtained in less than one academic year.

GTCNI do not recognise QTLS, Post-Compulsory or Further Education qualifications completed in Great Britain for registration as a school teacher. The Further Education sector is not overseen by GTCNI and registration is not required for teaching in the Further Education sector in Northern Ireland.

More about recognition within the UK
https://www.gtcni.org.uk

Professionals from outside the UK

Recognition for professionals outside the UK
All - there are routes to recognition for professionals from all countries
More about recognition for professionals outside the UK
https://www.gtcni.org.uk/registration/overview

Legislation

Title of relevant act or charter

General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland (Registration of Teachers) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

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