Education Act 2005

113 Information about the school workforce: introductory

(1) Subsections (2) and (3) apply for the purposes of section 114.

(2) “Qualifying worker” means any person who—

(a) is employed at, or otherwise engaged to work at, a school,

(b) does not fall within paragraph (a) but provides, or assists in the provision of, education under a contract of employment or for services where the other party to the contract is—

(i) a children’s services authority in England or Wales, or

(ii) a person exercising a function relating to the provision of education on behalf of such an authority, or

(c) provides education at a further education institution.

(3) “Qualifying trainee” means a person (other than a qualifying worker as defined in subsection (2)) for whom training as a member of the school workforce is being provided.

(4) In this section—

• “contract of employment” has the meaning given by section 230(2) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (c. 18);

• “further education institution” means an institution which is—

  (a)

  an institution (other than a school) which provides further education, or

  (b)

  an institution within the further education sector;

• “member of the school workforce” has the same meaning as in Part 3.

(5) In this section and section 114, “children’s services authority in England” and “children’s services authority in Wales” have the same meaning as in the Children Act 2004 (c. 31).