{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/further-education-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2007/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/2264",
  "legislation_title": "The Further Education Teachers’ Qualifications (England) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/further-education-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Teachers to hold appropriate award",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), no person may teach in a further education institution unless that person holds a Preparing to Teach Award or its equivalent.\n(2) A person who does not hold an award referred to in paragraph (1) may be employed in a teaching role for a period not exceeding 1 year, commencing on the date that person takes up such a post for the first time, on condition that that person is provided throughout that period with professional support by a qualified person.\n(3) In paragraph (2)—\n“professional support” means support which includes mentoring and direction in the processes and practice of teaching, including lesson planning and course development; and\n“qualified person” means a person who satisfies the qualifications requirements in the 2001 Regulations or in these Regulations or is exempt from such requirements under either set of Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/2264/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:46:07.210732+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."
}