The Education Workforce Council (Accreditation of Initial Teacher Training) (Additional Functions) (Wales) Order 2017

• Citation: S.I. 2017/154 (W.)
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Title, commencement and application

(1) The title of this Order is the Education Workforce Council (Accreditation of Initial Teacher Training) (Additional Functions) (Wales) Order 2017.

(2) This Order comes into force on 16 February 2017.

(3) This Order applies in relation to Wales.

Section 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

“the accreditation criteria” (“ y meini prawf achredu ”) means the criteria for the accreditation or the withdrawal of accreditation specified by the Welsh Ministers under regulations made under section 132 of the Education Act 2002 ;

“ the Council ” (“ y Cyngor ”) means the Education Workforce Council continued in existence by section 2 of the Education (Wales) Act 2014.

Section 3 Additional functions

(1) The Council is to have the functions of—

(a) accrediting courses or programmes of initial school teacher training (“the Service”);

(b) monitoring compliance of accredited courses or programmes of initial teacher training with the accreditation criteria;

(c) withdrawing accreditation of courses or programmes of initial school teacher training; and

(d) charging fees in connection with providing the Service.

(2) The fees charged by the Council pursuant to paragraph (1)(d) may not exceed the cost of providing the Service.

(3) In exercising the functions in paragraph (1) the Council is to have regard to any forecast of demand for newly qualified teachers that is notified to it in writing by the Welsh Ministers.