General Teaching Council Northern Ireland

Registration Information

Introduction

Welcome to the revised and amended Registration section of GTCNI's Website. We have created specific registration pages dealing with the following areas:

• Registration with the Council;
• Access to information on the Register;
• Information for Employers; and
• Application Forms

Please go to these pages for futher information or please click here to view all FAQs

Register of Teachers

The Education (NI) Order 1998 authorises the Council to establish and maintain a Register of Teachers. Registration is required for all teachers, including peripatetic teachers, working in grant-aided schools. Employing authorities are required to ensure that they only employ teachers that are registered with the GTCNI.

The Council is committed to developing a comprehensive and accurate Register of Teachers. It will work closely with the Department of Education and the employing authorities / employers to ensure that the registration process is as straightforward and efficient as possible.

Annual registration fee

Those registered with the GTCNI will be required to pay an annual registration fee. The registration period runs from the 1st April to 31st March each year and the Council has set an annual registration fee of £44.

Information held on the Register

Initial registration information was obtained from a transfer of details held on the Department of Education's Teachers' Branch databases, or in some specific cases, from individual school or ELB records. There are currently some 27,000 teachers' records in the Register. Information held on an individual teacher's record includes the teacher's name, school, contact address and qualifications.

The data held will provide accurate information about the composition of the teaching profession in Northern Ireland. This will enable the Council to speak with authority on behalf of the profession on a range of educational issues.

Access to information on the Register

Information on the Register can be obtained by registered teachers, employers and the general public. For further details please go to the 'Access to information on the Register' page.

Contacts

For any matters concerning registration, please contact the Registration Team using any of the following:

General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland
3rd Floor
Albany House
73 - 75 Great Victoria Street
Belfast BT2 7AF

Tel: (028) 9033 3390
Fax: (028)9034 8787

Email: registration@gtcni.org.uk

Office hours are Monday to Thursday 08:30 to 16:45, Fridays 08:30 to 16:30.