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Prohibition from teaching checks
You have to carry out a prohibition check on all teachers and support staff who will do 'teaching work'. Understand what counts as 'teaching work' and how to do the check.
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Any member of staff appointed to carry out teaching work needs a prohibition check
This is set out in paragraph 213 of Keeping Children Safe in Education.
Teaching work is defined as:
- Planning and preparing lessons and courses for pupils
- Delivering lessons to pupils, including through distance learning or online
- Assessing the development, progress and attainment of pupils
- Reporting on the development, progress and attainment of pupils
These activities are not seen as ‘teaching work’ if the person doing them is under the direction and supervision of a qualified teacher (or someone nominated by the headteacher to direct and supervise them), unless this is for the purposes of induction.
This is outlined in section 3 of the Teachers’ Disciplinary (England) Regulations 2012.
How to do the check
Using a teacher reference number
This includes trainee, newly-qualified
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