New Registration Requirement for Teaching in Schools

Recent legislation now requires all ‘instructors’ (the definition of which includes anyone teaching guitar) in maintained schools in England to ‘provisionally register’ with the ‘General Teaching Council’ (GTC). It is currently free to register (but they will review this in April). Therefore, anyone teaching in a maintained school in England who is not currently registered with the GTC is strongly advised to do so as soon as possible by downloading the ‘Application for Provisional Registration For Instructors’ from http://www.gtce.org.uk/documents/publicationpdfs/instructor_app

Anyone intersted in viewing the legal Staturory Instruments can do so at: http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2008/uksi_20081883_en_1
or if you’re keen to read more go to:
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si200818 and scroll down to the items numbered 1883 and 1884.

You can also view the relevant section of the GTC website: http://www.gtce.org.uk/registration/provisional_registration/ – scroll down to the sections on ‘instructors’.

For any more information call the GTC direct on 0370 001 0308.

Details for other UK GTCs can be found at:
Scotland http://www.gtcs.org.uk
Northern Ireland http://www.gtcni.org.uk
Wales http://www.gtcw.org.uk