Paragraph 5 Requirements for the granting of a licence

Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph 4, a recommendation shall include:

(1)

a statement by the recommending body that the person named in the recommendation:

(a)

is in their opinion a suitable person to be a teacher; and

(b)

has attained in English and mathematics the standard required to obtain grade C in the General Certificate of Secondary Education; and

(c)

has successfully completed

(i)

not less than two years' full-time higher education in England or Wales; or

(ii)

comparable education either full-time or part-time whether in England or Wales or elsewhere; and

(d)

(i)

will have attained the age of 26 years by the date on which it is proposed he shall take up employment as a licensed teacher; or

(ii)

is recognised as a trained teacher by the competent authority in any country outside the United Kingdom;

(2)

particulars of the training proposed to be given to the licensed teacher;

(3)

(a)

a statement that

(i)

the teacher has successfully completed a course of at least three years' duration of initial training for teachers in schools at an educational establishment outside England and Wales and has been employed for not less than one year as a teacher in a school, independent school, institution or university or other educational establishment either in England or Wales or elsewhere and was not dismissed on grounds other than redundancy; and

(ii)

the teacher may be employed in more than one school during the period of the licence; or

(b)

particulars of the post in which the licensed teacher is to be employed, including

(i)

the name of the school at which he is to be employed;

(ii)

the age range of the pupils he is to teach;

(iii)

any subjects in which the licensed teacher is to specialise;

(iv)

a statement as to whether the teacher is to be employed full-time or part-time and in the latter case his normal working hours.