# Education Act 2002, Section 135: Head teachers

Extent: E+W

(1) Regulations may provide that a person may serve as the head teacher of a school only if he is a qualified teacher.
(2) Regulations may provide that a person may serve as the head teacher of a school only if he has a specified qualification (in addition to any qualification required by virtue of subsection (1)).
(3) A provision of regulations under subsection (2) shall not apply to a person who has been appointed as the head teacher of a school before the commencement of the provision.
(4) Regulations under subsection (2) shall not prevent a person from carrying out the functions of the head teacher of a school—
(a) pending the appointment of a head teacher, or
(b) in the absence of the head teacher.
(5) In this section “school” means—
(a) a school maintained by a local authority, or
(b) a special school not so maintained.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/32/section/135 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-2002/section-135
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