Teachers: Qualifications
Commons · Question 24719 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 8 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Darren Paffey
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides to local authorities and multi-academy trusts on verifying teachers’ qualified teacher status and completion of statutory induction; and what steps are recommended where of
Answer
Answered by Georgia Gould, 8 Sep 2026
The department's statutory safeguarding guidance, ’Keeping Children Safe in Education’, requires schools and colleges to carry out appropriate pre-appointment checks, including verifying Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and statutory induction where relevan...