The Teaching Regulation Agency will support employers,
schools and headteachers with safeguarding
responsibilities. This will include taking action on
allegations of serious teacher misconduct and helping
employers to complete pre-recruitment checks to ensure
that they are employing teachers who are appropriately
qualified for their role.
The announcement is part of the continued drive to
deliver high standards across the teaching profession
and provide a world-class education to all pupils,
helping to build a Britain that is fit for the future.
School Standards Minister said:
I am very pleased to announce the appointment of Alan
Meyrick as the Chief Executive of the new Teaching
Regulation Agency. Raising the status of the teaching
profession is hugely important as we continue the
drive for higher academic standards in all our
schools.
There are now 1.9 million more pupils in schools
rated good or outstanding compared to 2010 and
standards of reading in our primary schools have
risen significantly since we introduced the Phonics
Check in 2012. Proportionate and effective regulation
of the teaching profession has been and remains a
factor in ensuring those standards continue to rise.’
Alan is currently a deputy director in the teacher
services division at the Department for Education and
has experience of regulating the profession, having
worked as a registrar at the General Teaching Council
for England for 11 years before spending a further year
as its Chief Executive.
He also has a wealth of experience elsewhere in the
civil service, joining the Home Office in 1985 before
going on to be the principal adviser to the Home
Secretary on policing in London, sitting on the
Metropolitan Police Committee and working at the
General Medical Council.
Alan Meyrick said:
I am delighted to be appointed as the Chief Executive
of the Teaching Regulation Agency. The agency has an
important role to play in supporting the teaching
profession to maintain the highest professional
standards.
Through our work we will protect pupils, maintain
public confidence in the teaching profession and
uphold high standards of teacher conduct.
In addition, we will support those teachers who have
qualified outside of England and are able to apply to
have their professional standing recognised in this
country. I will lead the agency according to the
seven principles of public life, and I want to ensure
that all decisions are made fairly and in the public
interest.
The remaining core functions of the National College
for Teaching and Leadership will combine with
the Department for Education in April 2018. The move
will mean even closer coordination between the work
already underway to improve schools and strengthen the
profession, and the delivery of support to teachers in
classrooms.
