The School Staffing (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012

• Citation: S.I. 2012/1740
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the School Staffing (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 and come into force on 1st September 2012.

Section 2 Amendment of the School Staffing (England) Regulations 2009

(1) The School Staffing (England) Regulations 2009 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) In regulation 4(1)(a), for “regulations 5 to 9” substitute, “regulations 5 to 8 and 9”.

(3) After regulation 8, insert—

Provision of information about staff capability

(8A)

(1) This regulation applies where a member of the teaching staff at a school (School A) applies for a teaching post at another school (School B), where School B is a maintained school or an Academy school .

(2) The governing body of School A must, at the request of the governing body or proprietor (as the case may be) of School B—

(a) advise in writing whether or not that member of staff has, in the preceding two years, been the subject of the procedures established by the governing body in accordance with regulation 8 and, if so,

(b) provide written details of the concerns which gave rise to this, the duration of the proceedings and their outcome.