The Requirements for Teachers (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Requirements for Teachers (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (“the 2005 Regulations”) to extend certain provisions to grant-aided schools.

Regulation 3 of the 2005 Regulations requires education authorities to employ adequate numbers of teachers, with appropriate professional skills and knowledge. Regulation 2(2) of these regulations extends that requirement to managers of every grant-aided school.

Regulation 4 of the 2005 Regulations provides that only registered teachers may be employed as teachers by an education authority. Regulation 2(3) of these regulations extends that requirement to managers of a grant-aided school. This is achieved by insertion of paragraphs (1A) and (1B) into Regulation 4 of the 2005 Regulations.

Regulations 3 and 4 of the 2005 Regulations were formerly applied to Jordanhill School by virtue of Regulation 10 of the 2005 Regulations. As these Regulations extend Regulations 3 and 4 of the 2005 Regulations to all grant-aided schools, the specific provision in Regulation 10 of the 2005 Regulations is no longer required and is deleted by Regulation 2(5) of these Regulations.