# The Education (Teachers) Regulations 1989, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations supersede the Education (Teachers) Regulations 1982; they come into force on 1st September 1989.
The Regulations provide for the grant of licences to teach to applicants possessing certain academic and other qualifications. (Regulation 13 and Schedule 4.) On satisfactory completion of training and service under the licence, licensees may become qualified teachers. (Schedule 5 paragraph 2(2)(c).)
The Regulations also implement the EEC directive 89/48 on a general system for the recognition of higher-education diplomas in relation to the profession of school teacher. (Schedule 5 paragraph 2(2)(d).) There is also provision for the recognition of teaching qualifications obtained in Scotland and Northern Ireland. (Schedule 5 paragraph 2(2)(b).)
Subject to transitional provisions, it will no longer be possible to become a qualified teacher on the bases specified in paragraph 2(b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of Schedule 5 to the Education (Teachers) Regulations 1982, nor is there any longer a special provision permitting the employment as teachers in schools of unqualified teachers possessing the qualifications specified in paragraph 2(f)(i) of Schedule 5 to the Education (Teachers) Regulations 1982. However, teachers possessing such qualifications and having served in a special school before 8th April 1982 may become qualified teachers if they have three years satisfactory service in a special school since obtaining the qualification in question and before 1st September 1989.
The Secretary of State has a discretion to award qualified teacher status retrospectively for a period of up to one year. (Schedule 5 paragraph 1(2).)
A teacher who fails probation will lose his current post but may be appointed to another post, where he must serve a further period of probation. The requirement for probation extends to all schools maintained by local education authorities, who will now make the necessary probation decisions, and to special schools not so maintained and to grant-maintained schools; in these cases probation decisions will be taken by governing bodies. In some cases, teachers may be exempted from the requirement for probation. (Regulation 14 and Schedule 6.)
A qualified teacher of a class of pupils who are both hearing and visually impaired must have a qualification approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of Regulation 17. However, teachers who possess a qualification approved for the purposes of Regulation 15 (which relates to pupils who are hearing impaired) or Regulation 16 (which relates to pupils who are visually impaired) are to be qualified teachers under Regulation 17 where no teacher with an approved qualification is available to teach the class in question.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1319/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-teachers-regulations-1989/note
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