{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-specified-work-england-regulations-2012/schedule/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-specified-work-england-regulations-2012/schedule/paragraph-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/762",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Specified Work) (England) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-specified-work-england-regulations-2012",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Persons who may carry out specified work under supervision",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies to a person who carries out specified work in a school where—\n(a) the person carries out such work in order to assist or support the work of a qualified teacher or a nominated teacher in the school;\n(b) the person is subject to the direction and supervision of a qualified teacher or nominated teacher in accordance with arrangements made by the head teacher of the school; and\n(c) the head teacher is satisfied that the person has the skills, expertise and experience required to carry out specified work.\n(2) In this paragraph a “nominated teacher” means a person who is mentioned in paragraphs 2 or 3 of this Schedule and who is nominated by the head teacher where the head teacher considers that appropriate in the circumstances.\n(3) In determining whether the person mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) has the skills, expertise and experience required to carry out specified work in a school, the head teacher may have regard to—\n(a) such standards for higher-level teaching assistants, or guidance concerning school support staff as may be published from time to time by the Secretary of State; and\n(b) such guidance as to contractual matters relating to school support staff as may be published from time to time by any local authority or other employer.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. para. 6(2) substituted (25.6.2020) by The Teachers’ Skills Test (England) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/476), regs. 1, 4(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 6 in force at 1.4.2012, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/762/schedule/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:37:25.820796+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."
}