{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/further-education-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2007/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/further-education-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2007/regulation-6.json",
  "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/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Teachers in associate teaching roles to hold appropriate qualifications and ATLS",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the following paragraphs, no person may be employed in an associate teaching role unless that person—\n(a) holds a Certificate in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector at Level 3 or 4 approved by the Secretary of State, or its equivalent;\n(b) holds a specialist’s subject qualification approved by the Secretary of State, where the Secretary of State has decided that such a qualification is necessary, or its equivalent;\n(c) has completed such programme to the satisfaction of the IfL or has obtained such award as may be approved by the Secretary of State, for the purposes of demonstrating that a person has the necessary literacy, numeracy and information and communications technology skills to teach;\n(d) has completed, to the satisfaction of the IfL, a process of professional formation; and\n(e) holds ATLS status.\n(2) A person who holds QTS may be employed in an associate teaching role if he—\n(a) has completed, to the satisfaction of the IfL, a process of professional formation;\n(b) has completed, to the satisfaction of the IfL, a training course designed to familiarise a person with the role of a teacher in a further education institution; and\n(c) holds ATLS status.\n(3) A person who holds QTS and who has satisfactorily completed an induction period in a further education institution may be employed in an associate teaching role if he—\n(a) has completed, to the satisfaction of the IfL, a training course designed to familiarise a person with the role of a teacher in a further education institution; and\n(b) holds ATLS status.\n(4) A person who does not comply with paragraph (1), (2) or (3) may be employed in an associate teaching role for a period not exceeding—\n(a) 2 years, where the person holds QTS; or\n(b) 5 years in any other case.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2012/2166",
      "affecting_title": "The Further Education Teachers' Qualifications (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/2264/regulation/6",
    "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."
}