Part I Measures to raise standards of school education

Chapter I Limit on infant class sizes

4 Interpretation of Chapter I.

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—

    1. a

      a person who is a qualified teacher in relation to that class for the purposes of section 218(1)(a) of the M1Education Reform Act 1988 (regulations relating to teachers’ qualifications, etc.), or

    2. b

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