Regulation 6 Staffing of schools and maintained or assisted institutions
At any school or further or higher education institution there shall be employed a staff of teachers suitable and sufficient in numbers for the purpose of securing the provision of education appropriate to the ages, abilities, aptitudes and needs of the pupils having regard to any arrangements for the utilisation of the services of teachers employed otherwise than at the school or institution in question.
Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1)–
the staff of teachers employed at a school shall include a head teacher;
the staff of teachers employed at a further or higher education institution shall have qualifications appropriate to the giving of adequate instruction in the subjects in which courses are provided.
The requirement in paragraph (1) is additional to the requirements relating to qualifications for employment at schools contained in Part IV of these Regulations.