10. Voluntary Cancellation of Accreditation

This section applies to all accredited teachers in NSW who leave the teaching profession in NSW and do not intend to return to teaching in NSW in the future.

To apply to voluntarily cancel their accreditation, a teacher must complete the form on the NESA website and email the request for cancellation to voluntarycancellation@nesa.nsw.edu.au.  

NESA may refuse to cancel a teacher’s accreditation under the following circumstances:

• where there are proceedings underway that may lead to the revocation or suspension of a teacher’s accreditation; and/or
• their application is made after their accreditation timeframe has ended.

A teacher who has voluntarily cancelled their accreditation cannot be employed to teach in a NSW school/service. A teacher who has voluntarily cancelled their accreditation may apply to NESA for re-accreditation (see Section 12).