The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021

Revised definition of “course for the initial training of teachers” and entitlement to fee loans

7.—(1) In regulation 2(1)—

(a) for the definition of “course for the initial training of teachers”, substitute—

““course for the initial training of teachers” means—

(a)

a course of initial teacher training—

(i)

undertaken in England and leading to the recommendation of qualified teacher status in England;

(ii)

undertaken in Wales and accredited as initial teacher training by the Education Workforce Council(1);

(iii)

undertaken in Scotland and accredited as initial teacher training by the General Teaching Council for Scotland(2);

(iv)

undertaken in Northern Ireland and accredited as initial teacher training by the General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland(3); or

(b)

a course for the initial training of teachers in further education which has content equivalent to a Diploma in Education and Training, a Professional Graduate Certificate in Education or a Postgraduate Certificate in Education,

and includes such a course leading to a first degree unless otherwise indicated but excludes an employment-based teacher training scheme;;”;

(b) after the definition of “qualified teacher” insert—

““qualified teacher learning and skills status” means the status held by a person who is outside the definition of “qualified teacher” in this regulation by virtue of that person falling within the proviso described in paragraphs (a) and (b) of that definition;”.

(2) In regulation 12—

(a) in paragraph (4)(b), omit the words from “where the current course” to the end (but not the terminal “and”);

(b) after paragraph (4), insert—

“(4ZA) Paragraph (4) does not apply where—

(a) the current course is a course for the initial training of teachers in further education which has content equivalent to a Diploma in Education and Training, a Professional Graduate Certificate in Education or a Postgraduate Certificate in Education; and

(b) the student already holds qualified teacher learning and skills status.”.

(3) In regulation 13—

(a) in paragraph (2)(b), omit the words from “where the current course” to the end (but not the terminal “and”);

(b) after paragraph (2), insert—

“(2ZA) Paragraph (2) does not apply where—

(a) the current course is a course for the initial training of teachers in further education which has content equivalent to a Diploma in Education and Training, a Professional Graduate Certificate in Education or a Postgraduate Certificate in Education; and

(b) the student already holds qualified teacher learning and skills status.”.

(4) In regulation 144—

(a) in paragraph (6)(a), omit “which started on or after 1st September 2012”;

(b) after paragraph (6) insert—

“(6A) Paragraph (6) does not apply where—

(a) the current course is a course for the initial training of teachers in further education which has content equivalent to a Diploma in Education and Training, a Professional Graduate Certificate in Education or a Postgraduate Certificate in Education; and

(b) the student already holds qualified teacher learning and skills status.”.

(1)

See section 2 of the Education (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 5).

(2)

See article 4 of S.S.I. 2011/215.

(3)

Established by article 34 of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1759).