The Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012

at the end of paragraph (c) omit “and” and insert “and” at the end of paragraph (d); and

after paragraph (d) insert—

“(e)

the appropriate body in relation to a 16 to 19 Academy is the relevant body referred to in regulation 8(3A).”.

in paragraph (1) after “in a school” insert “, a 16 to 19 Academy”; and

In paragraph (2) for “in accordance with section 43(2) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998” substitute “by a local authority, governing body or other person who engages (or makes arrangements for the engagement of) that person to provide such services”.

after paragraph (1)(b) insert—

“(ba)

when section 53 of the Education Act 2011 is fully in force, in the circumstances specified in paragraph (3A), a 16 to 19 Academy;”;

after paragraph (3) insert—

“(3A)

A person may only serve an induction period in a 16 to 19 Academy where before the start of the induction period the proprietor of the Academy and a relevant body have agreed that that body is to act as the appropriate body in relation to the Academy.”;

and

in paragraph (4)—

in paragraph (3)(b)(iii), and in paragraph (7) in the first two places where it occurs, for “the Council” substitute “the Secretary of State”; and

in paragraph (7)(b), for paragraph (ii) substitute—

“(ii)

the address to which notice of an appeal should be sent; and”.

for paragraph (2)(a) substitute “no appeal is made to the Secretary of State or, in relation to a person who has failed satisfactorily to complete an induction period under the Welsh Induction Regulations, the Council;”;

in paragraphs (2)(b) and (3)(a) for “the Council” substitute “the Secretary of State or the Council”; and

in paragraph (5) omit “in relation to a person who has failed satisfactorily to complete an induction period under the Welsh Induction Regulations,”.

in each place where it occurs for “the Council” substitute “the Secretary of State”; and

in paragraph (4)(c) for “it” substitute “the Secretary of State”.

after “independent school” insert “, 16 to 19 Academy”; and

after “proprietor of a school” insert “or 16 to 19 Academy”.

at the end of paragraph 14 insert “and Children”;

in paragraph 18(d) for “the Training and Development Agency” substitute “the Secretary of State”; and

after paragraph 21 insert—

“22.

A person who is a qualified teacher and became so qualified by virtue of regulation 5 of, and paragraph 13A of Schedule 2 to, the 2003 Qualifications Regulations^f1.

23.

A person who is a qualified teacher and became so qualified by virtue of regulation 5 of, and paragraph 13B of Schedule 2 to, the 2003 Qualifications Regulations.”.

other than in paragraph 16, in each place where it occurs for “the Council” substitute “the Secretary of State”;

in paragraph 2(2) delete “it is”;

in paragraphs 6(1) and (2) in each place where it occurs for “it” substitute “the Secretary of State”;

in paragraph 11(3) for “it must send notice of its decision” substitute “the Secretary of State must send notice of the decision”;

after paragraph 12 insert—

“Appeal panels

12A.

(1)

Where an appeal is to be decided on the basis of an oral hearing, the Secretary of State must appoint a panel in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) to consider the appeal.

(2)

A panel must include at least three persons, comprising—

(a)

one or more teachers or persons who have been teachers in the past five years; and

(b)

one or more other persons.”;

in paragraph 15(1) for “it” substitute “the Secretary of State”;

in paragraph 16—

in paragraph 17(2) for “it made its decision” substitute “the decision was made”;

in paragraph 18—