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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 14E+WAmendments relating to the training of the school workforce

Education Act 2002 (c. 32)E+W

23(1)Section 14 of the Education Act 2002 (power of Secretary of State and Assembly to give financial assistance for purposes related to education or childcare) is amended as follows.E+W

(2)After subsection (2) insert—

((2ZA))In subsection (2)(g), “training for teachers or for non-teaching staff” includes—

(a)any training or education (whether or not constituting higher education) with the object of fitting persons to be teachers or non-teaching staff, or better teachers or non-teaching staff, and

(b)any assessment related to the award of a qualification or status to teachers or non-teaching staff, or prospective teachers or non-teaching staff.

(3)In the definition of “education” in subsection (3), after “but” insert “ , except in subsection (2ZA)(a), ”.

24E+WIn section 145 of the Education Act 2002 (specification of qualification or course), in subsections (1)(c) and (3), for “Teacher Training Agency” substitute “ Training and Development Agency for Schools ”.