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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-teachers-regulations-1989/schedule-6/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1319",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Teachers) Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-teachers-regulations-1989",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), this Schedule shall apply in the case of a teacher at a school who has not–\n(a) been notified in pursuance of paragraph 4(4) that he has satisfactorily completed a probationary period, nor\n(b) been notified in pursuance of paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 6 to the 1982 Regulations that he has satisfactorily completed his probationary period, nor\n(c) before 8th April 1982 satisfactorily completed a probationary period of service as a teacher within the meaning of the old provisions, and for the purposes hereof such a period shall be treated as having been satisfactorily completed unless at the end thereof the Secretary of State (or the Minister of Education) determined the teacher to be unsuitable for further employment as a qualified teacher.\n(2) If, having regard to the previous experience of a teacher and the particular circumstances of his case the relevant authority or body determine before he takes up his appointment at a school that he should not be required to serve a probationary period then–\n(a) this Schedule shall not apply in his case, and\n(b) the relevant authority or body shall give him, and if he is not to be employed by them the persons by whom he is to be employed, written notice to that effect.\n(3) This Schedule shall not apply to–\n(a) a qualified teacher who has completed more than two years' full-time, or equivalent part-time, continuous employment as a teacher in one city technology college, or one city college for the technology of the arts;\n(b) a qualified teacher who has received notification that he is a qualified teacher on the Secretary of State being satisfied that he is a person mentioned in paragraph 2(2)(c) of Schedule 5 if the local education authority in the case of a school maintained by a local education authority or the governing body in the case of a grant-maintained school or a special school which is not maintained by a local education authority have submitted with the recommendation submitted in accordance with that paragraph a statement that they are satisfied that as a licensed teacher the person gained experience comparable to the teaching experience likely to be gained by a probationary teacher during a one year period of probation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1990/1561",
      "affecting_title": "The Education (Teachers) (Amendment) Regulations 1990"
    },
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/1992/1809",
      "affecting_title": "The Education (Teachers) (Amendment) Regulations 1992"
    },
    {
      "type": "continued",
      "affecting": "wsi/2015/140",
      "affecting_title": "The Education Workforce Council (Main Functions) (Wales) Regulations 2015"
    },
    {
      "type": "continued",
      "affecting": "wsi/2004/1744",
      "affecting_title": "The Education (Specified Work and Registration) (Wales) Regulations 2004"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1319/schedule/6/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:39:45.139000+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."
}