School Standards and Framework Act 1998

4 Interpretation of Chapter I

In this Chapter—

• “class” means a group in which pupils are taught in an ordinary teaching session;

• “infant class” means a class containing pupils the majority of whom will attain the age of five, six or seven during the course of the school year;

• “ordinary teaching session” does not include a school assembly or other school activity usually conducted with large groups of pupils;

• “qualified teacher”, in relation to an infant class, means—

  (a)

  a person who is a qualified teacher in relation to that class for the purposes of section 218(1)(a) of the [1988 c. 40.] Education Reform Act 1988 (regulations relating to teachers' qualifications, etc.), or

  (b)

  any other person who in accordance with regulations under that provision may be employed as a teacher of that class.