Welcome to the Chartered College of Teaching

The Chartered College of Teaching is the professional body for teachers. Our mission is to empower a knowledgeable and respected teaching profession.

Through membership and accreditation, we are working to develop effective, evidence-informed teachers and leaders, improve the quality of professional learning, establish more robust career pathways for teachers, and improve job satisfaction within the teaching profession.

1,000+

peer-reviewed articles 

3.6 million

children supported

95%

of our members teach or work in schools

Strengthen your school’s commitment to an evidence-informed culture with Group Membership. Empower staff with professional accreditation, career development and evidence-informed CPD. Attract and retain top teaching talent, enhance whole-school collaboration and connect with a global network of educators. Invest in your teachers, raise the status of the profession and drive classroom impact.

Supporting your teaching

Chartered Status is a professional learning and accreditation pathway supporting career-long development.
For individuals who are currently enrolled in a course or programme designed for teacher training, whether at a university or through a school-based route.
Free
Develop confidence in evidence-informed teaching, engage with research and apply learning through this certified online CPD unit.
Fellowship recognises dedicated teachers and leaders for their significant, sustained impact on the profession. It is a formal mark of their achievements, skills and expertise as a teaching professional.

The Chartered College of Teaching is an unequivocally positive voice for teaching, raising the status of the profession to benefit teachers, their students and the whole of society.  But don’t take it from us, hear from our members.

Latest news and opportunities

On Saturday 21st March 2026, the British Library in London played host to our Annual Lecture and Celebratory Event, bringing together Fellows, members, Chartered Teacher graduands and their families, council members and staff. Following a welcome speech from Dame Alison Peacock, the Annual Lecture was delivered by Professor Teresa Cremin CBE on the theme of Reading for Pleasure. Professor Cremin is Professor of Education at The Open University, where she leads the Reading for Pleasure Research and Practice Coalition.
On 12th March, we brought together teachers, leaders and sector experts in Manchester to explore the Teaching Commission’s recommendations, and a central question: What next for the teaching profession? The conversation was rich, challenging and hopeful – reflecting a profession deeply committed to shaping a more sustainable, equitable future for teaching...
In a crowded marketplace where products with big claims emerge rapidly, how can educators feel confident they’re choosing tools for their classrooms which will have a positive impact on their students’ pedagogical outcomes? Here at the Chartered College we have an embedded evidence-first approach, and so we applied this to the process of evaluating EdTech products...
The Teacher Development Trust (TDT) will become part of the Chartered College of Teaching this summer. The TDT, a charity focussed on improving teachers’ professional development, said that becoming part of the College would allow its research and other work to continue to have an impact.  To support this, TDT will gift its assets and reserves to the professional body for teachers.

Upcoming Events

Oracy will be a key area within the new National Curriculum. Through the work of Rethinking Curriculum, we have been a strong advocate for oracy throughout the primary phase and how this can support curriculum engagement, inclusion and outcomes. Hear from expert practitioners who have been developing oracy skills across the curriculum, how they overcame some of the challenges and what you could try in your school.
June 30, 2026
4:00 pm
- 5:00 pm
Free
Join us as we dig deeper into some of the key principles behind the From Principle to Practice Evidence-informed Leadership book. This third event in a series of chapter deep-dives will explore the following chapter: Evidence and Context. We will be talking to the author of this chapter, Jess Mahdavi-Gladwell FCCT and Narinder Gill FCCT, who wrote a supporting case study on Context-responsive leadership.
May 14, 2026
4:00 pm
- 5:00 pm
Free
In this webinar, we will delve into the Place pillar, and discuss how school environments are important to supporting our students’, teachers’ and other school stakeholders’ emotional safety and sense of belonging. Nurturing learning environments play a key role in shaping a sense of belonging and improving wellbeing and engagement. In this session we will discuss how a safe and inclusive school environment can foster positive emotions and create the conditions for learning where everyone feel physically secure, emotionally supported and welcome.
April 22, 2026
1:00 pm
- 2:00 pm
Free
This webinar forms part of the Engaging Effectively with Evidence series, supporting you to confidently navigate and apply educational research. Drawing on Doing Your Research Project: A Guide for First‑time Researchers, the session will explore how to design effective and meaningful research projects at the classroom and school level, from identifying a research question to implementing different research designs.
April 29, 2026
4:00 pm
- 5:00 pm
Free - Members only
This roundtable will explore how the Curriculum and Assessment Review (CAR) can exercise teachers’ professional judgement as it is implemented, drawing on lessons learnt around teachers autonomy from previous reforms. We will consider the role of classroom teachers in shaping and enacting curriculum and assessment within the CAR, emphasising the importance of teacher agency.
April 23, 2026
4:00 pm
- 5:00 pm
Free
To inform The Chartered College of Teachings’ White Paper response we would like to invite practitioners working in specialist settings to attend a focused workshop event. In this session, we will invite you to share your thoughts on the paper and it’s implications for our classrooms. We are looking for current practitioners to share their thoughts and support us in developing a response that would improve the White Paper proposals. This session will be an evening session taking place on 27th April, 4-5pm.
April 27, 2026
4:00 pm
- 5:00 pm
Free - Members only
To inform The Chartered College of Teachings’ White Paper response we would like to invite practitioners working in specialist settings to attend a focused workshop event. In this session, we will invite you to share your thoughts on the paper and it’s implications for our classrooms. We are looking for current practitioners to share their thoughts and support us in developing a response that would improve the White Paper proposals. This session will be a morning session taking place on 28th April, 7:30-8:30am.
April 28, 2026
7:30 am
- 8:30 am
Free - Members only
To inform The Chartered College of Teachings’ White Paper response we would like to invite practitioners working in secondary settings to attend a focused workshop event. In this session, we will invite you to share your thoughts on the paper and it’s implications for our classrooms.
April 30, 2026
7:30 am
- 8:30 am
Free - Members only
To inform The Chartered College of Teachings’ White Paper response we would like to invite practitioners working in secondary settings to attend a focused workshop event. In this session, we will invite you to share your thoughts on the paper and it’s implications for our classrooms.
April 28, 2026
4:00 pm
- 5:00 pm
Free - Members only
To inform The Chartered College of Teachings’ White Paper response we would like to invite practitioners working in primary and early years settings to attend a focused workshop event. In this session, we will invite you to share your thoughts on the paper and it’s implications for our classrooms.
May 5, 2026
4:00 pm
Free - Members only