0009-capture-teacher-reference-number.md

9. Capture a Teacher Reference Number to validate a claimant’s qualifications

Date: 2019-06-13

Status

Accepted

Context

A claimant’s eligibility is, in part, determined by their qualifications. We want to be able to validate that a claimant’s qualifications match those of the eligibility criteria.

Decision

To aid DfE in the process of validating a claimant’s qualifications, we will collect the claimant's 'Teacher Reference Number' or TRN.

With the TRN, DfE can use the Database of Qualified Teachers (DQT) to validate a claimant’s qualifications.

Consequences

A claimant’s TRN may be information they do not have readily to hand, so may increase the difficulty and time needed for them to complete a claim application.