{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-induction-arrangements-for-school-teachers-england-regulations-2012/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-induction-arrangements-for-school-teachers-england-regulations-2012/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1115",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (England) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-induction-arrangements-for-school-teachers-england-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Appropriate body",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of these Regulations the appropriate body —\n(a) in relation to a relevant school is a body mentioned in paragraph (2) which has agreed to act as the appropriate body in relation to the school;\n(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);\n(c) in relation to a further education institution is a body mentioned in paragraph (2) ...(c) which has agreed to act as the appropriate body in relation to the institution.\n(2) A body referred to in paragraph (1) is —\n(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; or\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(c) subject to paragraph (3), a teaching school hub.\n(3) A teaching school hub may not act as the appropriate body in relation to an institution in respect of any teacher—\n(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\n(b) who is serving any part of their induction period at that school.\n(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 .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "See section 135A(4) of the Education Act 2002 for the definition of a relevant school."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "The Teachers' Standards can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teachers-standards."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1115/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:33:25.324999+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."
}