Regulation 2 Presence of a teacher necessary

(1)

The circumstances referred to in section 80(2) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1999 shall be that a teacher is present in the room.

(2)

For the purposes of paragraph (1) a teacher means a member of the teaching staff of—

(a)

a school maintained by a local education authority;

(b)

an institution maintained or assisted by a local education authority other than a school;

(c)

a city technology college; or

(d)

an institution within the further education sector.

(3)

For the purposes of paragraph (1) a teacher shall be considered to be present in the room at a particular time even though no teacher is present if–

(a)

it would be impractical to secure the presence of a teacher in the room at that time; and

(b)

the absence of a teacher at that time has not lasted more than five minutes.