Explanatory note

These Regulations supersede the Education (Teachers) Regulations 1989; they come into force on 1st April 1993.

The Regulations reflect the changes made by the Further and Higher Education Act 1992. The provisions in Part IV relating to qualified teacher status only apply to teachers in schools, other than those employed solely in the provision of further education, but the remaining regulations also cover institutions providing further education. All recommen-dations for licences for licensed teachers and for authorisations for overseas trained teachers must now contain particulars of the post or (where the teacher may be employed in more than one post) the first post or posts in which the teacher is to be employed (paragraphs 7(3) and 15(3) of Schedule 2). A transitional provision has been included to enable licensed and overseas trained teachers to complete their training despite any change in status of the school (or one of the schools) in which they began it (paragraph 1(4) of Schedule 3). Some minor drafting changes have been made, and redundant and obsolete provisions have been omitted.