Part I U.K. Measures to raise standards of school education

Chapter I E+W Limit on infant class sizes

4 Interpretation of Chapter I. E+W

In this Chapter—

• “class” means a group in which pupils are taught in an ordinary teaching session;

• “infant class” means a class containing pupils the majority of whom will attain the age of five, six or seven during the course of the school year;

• “ordinary teaching session” does not include a school assembly or other school activity usually conducted with large groups of pupils;

• “qualified teacher”, in relation to an infant class, means—

  (a)

  a person who is a qualified teacher in relation to that class for the purposes of section 218(1)(a) of the M1 Education Reform Act 1988 (regulations relating to teachers’ qualifications, etc.), or

  (b)

  any other person who in accordance with regulations under that provision may be employed as a teacher of that class.

Marginal Citations

M1 1988 c. 40.