Teachers’ regulator in England investigated after claims it has left teachers in distress

Unions calls for urgent reform of TRA amid reports of serious and concerning' allegations of misconduct

The organisation responsible for regulating teachers in England is being investigated by the Department for Education after allegations of misconduct by staff, and teachers left in distress after lengthy inquiries.

A former employee of the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) told the Observer that the regulator had forgotten it was investigating real people", and that the agency was blindly" putting cases through and assuming guilt from the start".