Education Act 2005 (c. 18)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 14 E+W Amendments relating to the training of the school workforce

Education Act 2002 (c. 32) E+W

23 (1) Section 14 of the Education Act 2002 (power of Secretary of State and Assembly to give financial assistance for purposes related to education or childcare) is amended as follows. E+W

(2) After subsection (2) insert—

“((2ZA)) In subsection (2)(g), “training for teachers or for non-teaching staff” includes—

(a) any training or education (whether or not constituting higher education) with the object of fitting persons to be teachers or non-teaching staff, or better teachers or non-teaching staff, and

(b) any assessment related to the award of a qualification or status to teachers or non-teaching staff, or prospective teachers or non-teaching staff.”

(3) In the definition of “education” in subsection (3), after “but” insert “ , except in subsection (2ZA)(a), ”.

24 E+W In section 145 of the Education Act 2002 (specification of qualification or course), in subsections (1)(c) and (3), for “Teacher Training Agency” substitute “ Training and Development Agency for Schools ”.