Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations–

• “the 1996 Act” means the Education Act 1996^f1;

• “the 1998 Act” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998^f2;

• “appeal body” means the appeal body under regulation 5;

• “appropriate body” means the appropriate body under regulation 4;

• “authority” means a local education authority;

• “core subject” means a subject referred to in section 354(1) of the 1996 Act;

• “foundation subject” means a subject referred to in section 354(1) or (2) of the 1996 Act;

• “induction period” means an induction period required by these Regulations;

• “key stage” has the same meaning as in section 355(1) of the 1996 Act;

• “non-maintained special school” means a special school which is neither a maintained special school, a grant-maintained special school, a community special school nor a foundation special school;

• “qualified teacher” has the same meaning as in section 218(2) of the Education Reform Act 1988^f3;

• “school day” means any day on which at that school there is a school session;

• “school session” has the same meaning as in regulation 10 of the Education (Schools and Further Education) Regulations 1981^f4;

• “special school” has the same meaning as in section 337(1) of the 1996 Act^f5;

• “supply teacher” means a teacher employed wholly or mainly for the purpose of supervising or teaching pupils whose regular teacher is not available to teach them; and

• “working day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day which is a bank holiday within the meaning of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971^f6.

Any reference in these Regulations to–