De-registration

last updated:22 May 2009

If you have ceased all teaching in a maintained school, a non-maintained special school or pupil referral unit and no longer require registration you can choose to de-register. However, you will need to remain registered if you intend to work part-time, on a temporary contract or on a supply basis. To de-register please complete a deregistration form available to download from this page.

Alternatively:

• phone: 0370 001 0308
• email: registration@gtce.org.uk
• write: Registration Team
  The General Teaching Council for England
  Victoria Square house
  Victoria Square
  Birmingham
  B2 4AJ

You will need to provide the following information:

• full name (including any previous names)
• date of birth
• teacher reference number
• national insurance (NI) number
• date of last employment
• reason for de-registration (for example retiring, moving abroad or taking up a different profession)
• confirmation that you wish to de-register.

The fee year runs from the 1 April to the 31 March each year and there are no scaled fees. You if are registered during a fee year, you are required to pay the fee in full. Please see ‘How to pay the fee’.

For fully registered teachers, de-registration with the Council will not affect your qualified teacher status and you can re-register at any point by completing an application to register form.

If you are a provisionally registered trainee teacher, you are unable to change your registration status until your ITT provider has submitted your result.