The National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) has been repurposed and no longer exists
Closed organisation: National College for Teaching and Leadership
National College for Teaching and Leadership was replaced by Department for Education and Teaching Regulation Agency
Regulation of the teaching profession, including misconduct hearings, will continue to be handled by an executive agency of the Department for Education, the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA). The Teaching Regulation Agency started operation on 1 April 2018.
All other NCTL functions have been moved into the Department for Education.
Contact the Teaching Regulation Agency if you need information about regulation of the teaching profession.
Contact the Department for Education if you need to contact NCTL.
NCTL was an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Education. It existed from 29 March 2013 to 31 March 2018.
Documents
Services
Guidance and regulation
- Qualified teacher status (QTS): qualify to teach in England
- Guidance
- Governance handbook and competency framework
- Guidance
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News and communications
- Local leaders of education (LLE)
- News story
- National Teaching Service pilot gets underway
- Press release
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Research and statistics
- Leadership Equality and Diversity Fund 2015 to 2016: participant survey analysis
- Research and analysis
- Teacher workload challenge: school research project reports
- Independent report
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Policy papers and consultations
- Mandatory qualification: specialist teachers
- Consultation outcome
- Teacher misconduct: the prohibition of teachers – changes to the National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) advice
- Consultation outcome
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Transparency and freedom of information releases
- NCTL annual report and accounts 2016 to 2017
- Corporate report
- Postgraduate initial teacher training (ITT) recruitment: 2017 to 2018
- Transparency data
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