# Education (Head Teachers' Qualifications) (England) Regulations 2003, Regulation 4: Head Teachers' Qualification


(1) Subject to regulation 5 a person may serve as a head teacher of a school maintained by a local education authority or a special school not so maintained only if he holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship, the National Professional Qualification for Headship in Wales, the Scottish Standard for Headship or the Professional Qualification for Headship in Northern Ireland.
(2) This regulation does not apply in relation to a pupil referral unit.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3111/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-head-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/regulation-4
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