• Registration
• About registration
• Apply for registration
• Assessment process
• Cancelling your registration
• Eligibility
• Professional Registration
• PVG Scheme and Overseas Checks
• Qualified outside of Scotland
• Register of Teachers
• Registration fee
• Returning to teaching
• Update your details

Cancelling your registration

If you are retiring or no longer teaching and you wish to cancel your registration, you can do so by emailing registration@gtcs.org.uk.

Following your instruction, your record will be updated with your request to be removed and a letter of confirmation will be sent out. Your details will remain on the register until the end of the current registration year i.e. 31 March.

As it is a legal requirement for teachers to be on the register regardless of how many days they work in any registration year. It is not possible to refund all or part of a registration fee.

Scottish Public Pension Agency (SPPA)

You may wish to discuss your pension entitlement with the SPPA.

Retired but still doing supply?

If you are retired but still undertaking some supply teaching, you must maintain your registration by paying your annual registration fee. It is a legal requirement for teachers to be on the Register regardless of how many days they work in any registration year.  The fee must be paid in full.

You can check your registration status by logging into, or signing up for, a MyGCTS account.