{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-induction-arrangements-for-school-teachers-england-regulations-1999/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-induction-arrangements-for-school-teachers-england-regulations-1999/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1065",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (England) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-induction-arrangements-for-school-teachers-england-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Length of an induction period",
  "text": "(1) The length of an induction period for a person in full-time service as a teacher is–\n(a) in the case of an induction period served wholly in a school or schools at which a school year consists of three school terms, three school terms;\n(b) in the case of an induction period served wholly in a school or schools at which the school year consists of four school terms, four school terms;\n(c) in the case of an induction period served wholly in a school or schools at which the school year consists of five school terms, five school terms; and\n(d) in all other cases, one year.\n(2) The length of an induction period for a person in part-time service as a teacher is the period of time it would take in accordance with his contract of employment or the terms of his engagement for him to complete 378 school sessions.\n(3) A person has completed an induction period for the purposes of these Regulations when he has served–\n(a) an induction period of the length specified in paragraph (1) or (2) (as the case may be) discounting periods of employment which do not count towards an induction period under regulation 9; and\n(b) any extended period under regulation 10.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/2171",
      "affecting_title": "The Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (Amendment No. 3) (England) Regulations 2000"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1065/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:51:15.732965+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}