The Education (Teachers' Qualifications and Health Standards) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2001

• Citation: S.I. 2001/1391
• Sections: 2

Section 1

These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Teachers' Qualifications and Health Standards) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 26th April 2001.

Section 2

The Education (Teachers' Qualifications and Health Standards) (England) Regulations 1999 shall be amended as follows:

(a) in paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 2, the substitution for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of “he has successfully completed a programme of professional training for teachers in any country outside the United Kingdom and which is recognised as such a programme of training by the competent authority in that country,”;

(b) in paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 2, the substitution for “two” of “four”;

(c) in paragraph 6(4) of Schedule 2, the substitution for “the training” of “any training”;

(d) for paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 the substitution of the following paragraph—

(7)

(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the length of any proposed period of training shall be appropriate to the person’s need for practical teaching experience and training and, in the case of a first recommendation where the person will be employed full-time it shall be not less than three months and not more than one year.

(2) In the case of a person to whom paragraph 6(3)(e)(ii) applies no minimum period of training is required.

(e) in paragraph 7(2)(a) of Schedule 3 “either” shall be deleted;

(f) in paragraph 7(2)(a)(i) of Schedule 3 the substitution for “the training” of “any training”;

(g) in paragraph 7(2)(a)(ii) of Schedule 3 after “paragraph (b);” there shall be inserted “or”; and

(h) in paragraph 7(2)(a) of Schedule 3 after sub-paragraph (ii) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—

(iii) is a graduate teacher to whom paragraph 6(3)(e)(ii) of Schedule 2 applies;