Regulation 4 Appropriate body

(1)

For the purposes of these Regulations the appropriate body —

(a)

in relation to a relevant school M1 is a body mentioned in paragraph (2) which has agreed to act as the appropriate body in relation to the school;

(b)

in relation to an independent school, a 16 to 19 Academy F2, an alternative provision Academy F3 or a non-maintained nursery school is a body mentioned in paragraph (2) which has agreed to act as the appropriate body in relation to the school or Academy (as the case may be);

(c)

in relation to a further education institution is a body mentioned in paragraph (2) F1...(c) which has agreed to act as the appropriate body in relation to the institution.

(2)

A body referred to in paragraph (1) is —

(a)

any body of persons (corporate or unincorporate) whom the Secretary of State has determined may act as the appropriate body in relation to such institutions; F2or

F3(b)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)

subject to paragraph (3), a teaching school F4hub.

(3)

A teaching school F5hub may not act as the appropriate body in relation to an institution in respect of any teacher—

(a)

who has been assessed by that teaching school hub as meeting the specified standards for the purposes of the award of qualified teacher status; or

(b)

who is serving any part of their induction period at that school.

(4)

For the purposes of this regulation, “specified standards” means the standards set out in “Teachers' Standards” published by the Secretary of State in July 2011 M2.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 4(1)(c) omitted (1.9.2023) by virtue of The Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/448), regs. 1(1), 2(2) (with reg. 3)
F2: Word in reg. 4(2)(a) inserted (1.9.2023) by The Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/448), regs. 1(1), 2(3) (with reg. 3)
F3: Reg. 4(2)(b) omitted (1.9.2023) by virtue of The Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/448), regs. 1(1), 2(4) (with reg. 3)
F4: Word in reg. 4(2)(c) inserted (1.9.2021) by The Education (Coronavirus) (School Teachers’ Qualifications, Induction, Inspection Arrangements, Etc) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/385), regs. 1(4), 5(3)
F5: Word in reg. 4(3) inserted (1.9.2021) by The Education (Coronavirus) (School Teachers’ Qualifications, Induction, Inspection Arrangements, Etc) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/385), regs. 1(4), 5(3)

Marginal citations

M1: See section 135A(4) of the Education Act 2002 for the definition of a relevant school.
M2: The Teachers' Standards can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teachers-standards.