The Education (Specified Work and Registration) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Education (Specified Work and Registration) (England) Regulations 2003 (“the Principal Regulations”).

The Principal Regulations, as amended by these Regulations—

(a) prohibit persons who are not qualified teachers but who are mentioned in paragraph 9 of Schedule 2 (employment-based teacher training scheme) from carrying out specified work unless they are registered with provisional registration with the General Teaching Council for England (“the GTCE”), with effect from 1st September 2008 (regulation 8(1) of the Principal Regulations);

(b) prohibit persons who are not qualified teachers but who are mentioned in-

(i) paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 (existing teachers in nursery classes and at nursery schools);

(ii) paragraph 4 of that Schedule (instructors with special qualifications or experience); or

(iii) paragraph 5 of that Schedule (overseas trained teachers),

from carrying out specified work unless they are registered with provisional registration with the GTCE, with effect from 1st September 2009 (regulation 8(2) of the Principal Regulations).

(c) prohibit persons from undertaking a course of initial teacher training, unless they are registered with provisional registration with the GTCE, with effect from 1st September 2008 (regulation 9(1) of the Principal Regulations);

(d) allow those referred to in regulation 8 to take up a teaching post without being registered with provisional registration for a period of four weeks, provided they apply for registration before taking up the post (paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 to the Principal Regulations);

(e) allow those referred to in regulation 9 to undertake teacher training without being registered with provisional registration for a period of four weeks, provided they apply for registration before commencing the training (paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Principal Regulations).