Paragraph 2

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch.5, para 2(2)(f)(ii)(c) amended by Education (Teachers) 1991
Sch.5, para 2(2)(f)(iv)(c) inserted by Education (Teachers) 1991
sch. 5 para. 2 amended by Education (Teachers) 1990
sch. 5 amended by Education (Teachers) 1989
Sch.5, para 2(2)(f) inserted by Education (Teachers) 1991

(1)

In this paragraph the expression “approved” means approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the sub-paragraph in which it appears.

(2)

The person referred to in paragraph 1(1)(c) is a person–

(a)

who has successfully completed a course at an institution or university in England or Wales which–

(i)

is for the degree of Bachelor of Education, the Certificate in Education, the Post-graduate Certificate in Education or a comparable academic award of, in each case, either a university in England or Wales or of the Council for National Academic Awards,

(ii)

may only be followed by those who have attained in English and mathematics the standard required to obtain grade C in the General Certificate of Secondary Education, and

(iii)

was at the time when the person completed it approved as a course for the initial training of teachers in schools; or

(b)

(i)

who has successfully completed a course of initial training for teachers in schools at an educational institution in Scotland or Northern Ireland; or

(ii)

who is registered as a teacher of primary or secondary education with the General Teaching Council for Scotland; or

(iii)

who has been awarded confirmation of recognition as a teacher in schools in Northern Ireland by the Department of Education, Northern Ireland Office, that confirmation not having been subsequently withdrawn; or

(c)

in whose case the recommending body, acting, in the case of a school which has a delegated budget, with the consent of the local education authority, has submitted to the Secretary of State a recommendation that he should be awarded qualified teacher status (where the local education authority refuses to give its consent it shall notify the recommending body of its reasons in writing and shall report the facts of the case to the Secretary of State) and

(i)

a statement that he has successfully completed two school years' full-time service or the period of part-time service specified in the licence as a licensed teacher and the training proposed in the recommendation for a licence; or

(ii)

a statement that he has successfully completed not less than one school year’s service as a licensed teacher and the training proposed in the recommendation for a licence and that before the date of commencement of the licence he had attained the age of 26 years and had been employed for not less than two years as a teacher or lecturer at an independent school or an institution or a university in the United Kingdom or as an Instructor or Education Officer in the Armed Forces of the Crown and was not dismissed on grounds other than redundancy; or

(iii)

a statement that he has successfully completed not less than one term’s service as a licensed teacher and the training proposed in the recommendation for a licence and that before the date of commencement of the licence he had successfully completed a course of at least three years' duration of initial training for teachers in schools at an educational institution outside England and Wales and had been employed for not less than one year as a teacher or lecturer 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; or

(d)

who is a national of a member state of the European Economic Community who, as respects the profession of school teacher, falls within Article 3 of Council Directive 89/48/EEC^f1 on a general system for the recognition of higher-education diplomas awarded on completion of professional education and training of at least three years' duration; or

(e)

in whose case the recommending body has submitted to the Secretary of State before 1st September 1990 a statement that

(i)

he has obtained either the Diploma in the Teaching of Mentally Handicapped Children or the Declaration of Recognition of Experience of the Training Council for Teachers of the Mentally Handicapped or has obtained an equivalent diploma of the said Council in recognition of some other diploma awarded before the establishment of that Council or any comparable qualification;

(ii)

he at any time before 8th April 1982 served as a teacher in a special school; and

(iii)

he has satisfactorily completed at least three years' service before 1st September 1989 as a teacher in a special school since obtaining the Diploma or Declaration of the said Council or since obtaining the diploma awarded before the establishment of that Council or the equivalent or comparable qualification.

(3)

Where the Secretary of State was, on 31st August 1989, considering whether he could be satisfied that a person was such a person as is mentioned in

(a)

paragraph 2(b) of Schedule 5 to the Education (Teachers) Regulations 1982 (“the Schedule”) or

(b)

paragraph 2(c) of the Schedule or

where before the 1st November 1990 the Secretary of State is considering whether he is satisfied that a person is such a person as is mentioned in paragraph 2(e) of the Schedule the Education (Teachers) Regulations 1982 shall continue to have effect with respect to that person until the Secretary of State has completed his consideration of the particular case (but paragraph 2(e)(i) of the Schedule shall be read with the addition after the words “local education authority” of the words “or governing body of a grant-maintained school”). If the Secretary of State is so satisfied the person shall be a qualified teacher for the purpose of Regulation 13 of these Regulations.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: OJ No. L19, 24.1.89, p. 16.