If a newly qualified teacher hasn had confirmation of successful completion of induction and the local authority has no record of the assessment(s), what should be done?
Successful completion of induction will be confirmed in writing by the General Teaching Council for England (GTCE). If an NQT completed three full terms of induction (or equivalent) and has not received this letter they should contact the GTCE directly. Schools register NQTs with an appropriate body – usually their local authority (LA) – at the beginning of the induction period and assessment forms are sent to that body at the end of each assessment period. It is the responsibility of both school and LA to retain assessment evidence beyond the end of the NQT support programme. In the unlikely event that evidence is misplaced or has not been passed from the school to the LA, NQTs should contact their induction tutor in the first instance and then the LA’s induction coordinator. Induction cannot be assessed retrospectively so we recommend that NQTs retain a copy of their assessments for their own records as an additional safeguard. See paragraph 2.111 of the Statutory Guidance on Inducti
