Statutory Instruments
2012 No. 1736
Education, England
The Education (School Teachers) (Qualifications and Specified Work) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2012
Laid before Parliament
9th July 2012
Coming into force
1st September 2012
The Secretary of State for Education makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 132(1) and (2), 133(1), (4) and (5), 145(1), and 210(7) of the Education Act 2002():
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Education (School Teachers) (Qualifications and Specified Work) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2012 and come into force on 1st September 2012.
Amendments to the Education (School Teachers’ Qualifications) (England) Regulations 2003
2.—(1) The Education (School Teachers’ Qualifications) (England) Regulations 2003() are amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 2 (Qualified Teacher Status Requirements)—
(a)in paragraph 7(c) omit “(except a pupil referral unit)”; and
(b)in paragraph 10(3) omit “except a pupil referral unit”.
Amendments to the Education (Specified Work) (England) Regulations 2012
3.—(1) The Education (Specified Work) (England) Regulations 2012() are amended as follows.
(2) In the Schedule (the requirements to be satisfied by persons who are not qualified teachers in order to carry out specified work) omit paragraphs 2(2)(b) (and the “; and” immediately before it), 2(3) and 2(4).
Nick Gibb
Minister of State
Department for Education
3rd July 2012
EXPLANATORY NOTE
These Regulations amend the Education (School Teachers’ Qualifications) (England) Regulations 2003, which set out the requirements which must be satisfied in order to be a qualified teacher.
The amendment made by regulation 2 will allow persons to undertake practical teaching experience, for the purposes of initial teacher training, in a pupil referral unit. It will also allow persons to undertake initial teacher training while being employed to teach at a pupil referral unit as part of an employment-based teacher training scheme.
These Regulations also amend the Education (Specified Work) (England) Regulations 2012, which provide that only certain persons may lawfully carry out specified work in a school. Specified work is defined in regulation 5 of those Regulations.
The amendment made by regulation 3 will remove the condition that an instructor may only carry out specified work if no suitable qualified teacher or teacher on the employment based training scheme is available. It will also remove the restriction that an instructor may only carry out specified work for such period of time as no suitable qualified teacher or teacher on the employment based training scheme is available.
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on businesses or civil society organisations. This instrument has a minimal impact on the public sector.