Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
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 any school maintained by a local education authority, any special school not so maintained or any grant-maintained school,
considering and approving the training programme of persons who seek to become qualified teachers and who are not employed at such schools during their training, and
approving persons for the purpose of assessing candidates who seek to become qualified teachers.
Such functions are exercised under regulations made under section 218 of the Education Reform Act 1988. On 1st December 1997, the Education (Teachers) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1997 amended the Education (Teachers) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/543, amended by S.I. 1993/1969, S.I. 1994/222, S.I. 1995/602, S.I. 1995/2594, S.I. 1996/1603 and S.I. 1997/368 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.
This Order revokes the Teacher Training Agency (Additional Functions) Order 1995 with effect from 1st December 1997.