The Teachers’ Skills Test (England) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020

Amendment of the Education (School Teachers’ Qualifications) (England) Regulations 2003

2.  In Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Education (School Teachers’ Qualifications) (England) Regulations 2003(1)—

(a) in paragraph 1, for the definition of “specified standards” substitute—

““specified standards” means—

(a)

in the case of a person (“P”) to whom paragraph 1A applies, the standards specified by the Secretary of State at the time, on or after 25th June 2020, as the standards required of P in order for P to achieve qualified teacher status;

(b)

in all other cases, the standards applying as at the time of assessment specified by the Secretary of State as the standards required of a person who seeks to achieve qualified teacher status;”;

(b) after paragraph 1, insert—

“1A.— (1) This paragraph applies to a person (“P”) who, before 25th June 2020—

(a) had not passed a skills test; and

(b) would, but for the fact that P had not passed a skills test, have met the specified standards which applied before that date for the purposes of paragraphs 7(1)(d)(i), 7A(c), 9(2)(a) or 10(1)(b)(i) of Part 1 of this Schedule.

(2) In this paragraph, “skills test” means a test of a person’s skills in relation to literacy, numeracy or information and communications technology, administered by the Secretary of State, which, before 25th June 2020, that person was required to pass in order to be a qualified teacher.”;

(c) in paragraph 13A(3)(b), after “10(1)(b)” insert “for a reason other than failure to pass a skills test, and for this purpose “skills test” has the meaning given in paragraph 1A”.

(1)

S.I. 2003/1662, amended by S.I. 2009/3156, 2012/431 and 2020/464. There are other amendments, but these are not relevant to these Regulations.