Explanatory note

This Order confers on the Teacher Training Agency, established under section 1 of the Education Act 1994, additional functions with regard to the licensing or otherwise authorising of unqualified teachers to be employed as teachers at schools and in connection with requirements imposed on persons carrying on city technology colleges or city colleges for the technology of the arts as to the training and teaching experience of persons who seek to become qualified teachers. Such functions are exercised under regulations from time to time in force under section 218(1)(a), (2B) and (3) of the Education Reform Act 1988. On 1st April 1995 the Education (Teachers) (Amendment) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/602) amend the Education (Teachers) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/543, amended by S.I. 1993/1969, 1994/222 and section 14(2) of the Education Act 1994 and modified by S.I. 1994/2103) and make provision for the exercise of the functions conferred on the Teacher Training Agency by this Order.