{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003.json",
  "id": "uksi/2003/1662",
  "title": "The Education (School Teachers' Qualifications) (England) Regulations 2003",
  "short_title": "Education (School Teachers' Qualifications) 2003",
  "long_title": "These Regulations supersede the Education (Teachers' Qualifications and Health Standards) (England) Regulations 1999 (“the 1999 Regulations”). Some drafting changes have been made to the 1999 Regulations and some obsolete provisions removed.",
  "citation": "S.I. 2003/1662",
  "type": "uksi",
  "year": "2003",
  "number": "1662",
  "version": "current",
  "date": "2003-07-02",
  "revised": true,
  "valid_from": "2023-12-01",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "unapplied_effects": 0,
  "provisions": [
    {
      "path": "introduction",
      "kind": "introduction",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Introductory text",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/introduction",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/1",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "1",
      "heading": "Citation, commencement and application",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/regulation-1",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/2",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "2",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/regulation-2",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/3",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "3",
      "heading": "Interpretation",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/regulation-3",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/4",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "4",
      "heading": "Revocations and transitional provisions",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/regulation-4",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/5",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "5",
      "heading": "Qualified teacher status",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/regulation-5",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/6",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "6",
      "heading": "Mandatory Qualifications for teachers of hearing impaired pupils",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/regulation-6",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/7",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "7",
      "heading": "Mandatory Qualifications for teachers of visually impaired pupils",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/regulation-7",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/8",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "8",
      "heading": "Mandatory Qualifications for teachers of pupils who are both hearing and visually impaired",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/regulation-8",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/9",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "9",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/regulation-9",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/9A",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "9A",
      "heading": "Status of teachers from other European states who are qualified only to teach pupils with special educational needs",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/regulation-9A",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/10",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "10",
      "heading": "Award of qualified teacher status by the General Teaching Council for England",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/regulation-10",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": "repealed",
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/11",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "11",
      "heading": "Accredited Institutions",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/regulation-11",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "signature",
      "kind": "signature",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Signature",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/signature",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/1",
      "kind": "schedule",
      "number": "1",
      "heading": null,
      "url": null,
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/1/part/1",
      "kind": "part",
      "number": "1",
      "heading": "Revocations",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/schedule-1/part-1",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/1"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/1/part/2",
      "kind": "part",
      "number": "2",
      "heading": "Savings and General Transitional Provisions",
      "url": null,
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/1"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/1",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "1",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/1/part/2"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/2",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "2",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/schedule-1/paragraph-2",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/1/part/2"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/3",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "3",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/schedule-1/paragraph-3",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/1/part/2"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/4",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "4",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/schedule-1/paragraph-4",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/1/part/2"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/4A",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "4A",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/schedule-1/paragraph-4A",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/1/part/2"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/5",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "5",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/schedule-1/paragraph-5",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/1/part/2"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/6",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "6",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/schedule-1/paragraph-6",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/1/part/2"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/2",
      "kind": "schedule",
      "number": "2",
      "heading": "Qualified Teacher Status Requirements",
      "url": null,
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/2/part/1",
      "kind": "part",
      "number": "1",
      "heading": null,
      "url": null,
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/2"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/1",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "1",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-1",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/2/part/1"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/1A",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "1A",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-1A",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/2/part/1"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/2",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "2",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-2",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/2/part/1"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/3",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "3",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-3",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/2/part/1"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/4",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "4",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-4",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/2/part/1"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/5",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "5",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-5",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/2/part/1"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/6",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "6",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-6",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/2/part/1"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/7",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "7",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-7",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/2/part/1"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/7A",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "7A",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-7A",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/2/part/1"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/8",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "8",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-8",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/2/part/1"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/8A",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "8A",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-8A",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/2/part/1"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/9",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "9",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-9",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/2/part/1"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/10",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "10",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-10",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/2/part/1"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/11",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "11",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-11",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/2/part/1"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/12",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "12",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-12",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/2/part/1"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/13",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "13",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-13",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/2/part/1"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/13A",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "13A",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-13A",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/2/part/1"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/13B",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "13B",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-13B",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/2/part/1"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/13C",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "13C",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-13C",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/2/part/1"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/13D",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "13D",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-13D",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/2/part/1"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/13E",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "13E",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-13E",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/2/part/1"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/13F",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "13F",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-13F",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/2/part/1"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/2/part/2",
      "kind": "part",
      "number": "2",
      "heading": null,
      "url": null,
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/2"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/14",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "14",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-14",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/2/part/2"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/15",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "15",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-15",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/2/part/2"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/16",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "16",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-16",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/2/part/2"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/17",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "17",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-17",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/2/part/2"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/18",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "18",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-18",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/2/part/2"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/19",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "19",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-19",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/2/part/2"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/20",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "20",
      "heading": "Other Qualifications",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-20",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/2/part/2"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/21",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "21",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-21",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/2/part/2"
    },
    {
      "path": "note",
      "kind": "note",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Explanatory note",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/note",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    }
  ],
  "has_text": true,
  "pdfs": [
    {
      "title": "Printed copy",
      "main": true,
      "language": null,
      "date": "2008-12-04",
      "size": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/pdf/uksi_20031662_en.pdf",
      "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1662/pdfs/uksi_20031662_en.pdf"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "made_under": [],
  "changes_made_to": 87,
  "changes_made_to_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/changes.json",
  "changes_made_by": 6,
  "changes_made_by_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/changes/by-it.json",
  "instruments_made_under": 0,
  "instruments_made_under_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/instruments.json",
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1662",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:20:10.294856+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."
}