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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-further-education-initial-teacher-training-regulations-2026/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2026/9780348278712",
  "legislation_title": "The Further Education (Initial Teacher Training) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-further-education-initial-teacher-training-regulations-2026",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations introduce measures to improve the quality of courses of initial teacher training for further education (“ITT(FE) courses”).\nRegulation 3 requires the Secretary of State to specify the ITT(FE) courses that are relevant for the purpose of section 17 of the Skills and Post-16 Education Act 2022 (c. 21) (“specified ITT(FE) courses”).\nRegulations 4, 5, 6 and 7 place obligations on governing bodies, or bodies equivalent to governing bodies, of educational institutions providing specified ITT(FE) courses (“relevant academic authorities”) to—\n(a) register with the Secretary of State (regulation 4);\n(b) have regard to guidance on the delivery of initial teacher training for further education (regulation 5);\n(c) have regard to guidance on curriculum content for ITT(FE) courses (regulation 6);\n(d) provide information about the specified ITT(FE) courses offered by the relevant academic authority, including details of students currently undertaking a specified ITT(FE) course and individuals who have completed a specified ITT(FE) course (regulation 7).\nRegulation 4 also imposes an obligation on the Secretary of State to maintain a list of relevant academic authorities that have registered as providers of specified ITT(FE) courses, which the Secretary of State may publish.\nRegulation 8 places an obligation on the Secretary of State to prepare and publish a report summarising the information received under regulations 4 and 7, and compliance by relevant academic authorities with the obligations under regulations 4, 5, 6 and 7.\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348278712/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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