Amendments to the Education (School Teachers’ Qualifications) Regulations 2003

2.—(1) The Education (School Teachers’ Qualifications) (England) Regulations 2003(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 5 (qualified teacher status) for “13B” substitute “13C”.

(3) In Part 1 of Schedule 2 (qualified teacher status requirements)—

(a)in paragraphs 7(1)(c)(ii), d(ii) and 10(1)(b)(ii) for “2020” substitute “2021”;

(b)in paragraph 13A—

(i)in sub-paragraph (1)(a) for “by the competent authority in that country” substitute “by the relevant competent authority”;

(ii)for paragraph (b) of sub-paragraph (1) substitute—

“(b)has satisfied any additional requirements (including any period of professional experience comparable to an induction period under the 2008 Regulations) which are necessary in order for a person to be eligible for employment as a qualified teacher on a permanent basis—

(i)in Australia, in a government school; or

(ii)in Canada, New Zealand or the United States of America, in a school which is wholly or mainly government funded; and”;

(iii)in sub-paragraph (3)(a) after “that country” insert “or the part of that country in which the person is or has been employed to teach”; and

(iv)for sub-paragraph (4) substitute—

“(4) In this paragraph, in relation to a country listed in sub-paragraph (2)—

(a)“the relevant competent authority” is—

(i)the national competent authority; or,

(ii)where there is no national competent authority, the competent authority in the part of the country in which that person completed the programme of professional training; and

(b)“relevant body” means—

(i)the national authority or person authorised to take action or decisions in respect of professional disciplinary proceedings concerning the teaching profession in that country; or,

(ii)where there is no national authority, the authority or person so authorised in the part of the country in which that person is or has been employed to teach.”;

(c)after paragraph 13B insert—

“13C.—(1) The person—

(a)is registered as a qualified teacher in a register established and maintained by the Director of Education of Gibraltar; and

(b)is not a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (2).

(2) The person—

(a)is subject to any decision of, or proceedings before, the relevant body which restricts or may restrict that person’s eligibility to teach in Gibraltar;

(b)has, before 1st April 2012, failed to obtain qualified teacher status following assessment against the specified standards mentioned in paragraph 10(1)(b) for a reason other than failure to pass a skills test, and for this purpose “skills test” has the meaning given in paragraph 1A; or

(c)is included on the list kept by the Secretary of State under section 141C(1)(b) of the Education Act 2002.

(3) In this paragraph “relevant body” means the authority or person authorised to take action or decisions in respect of professional disciplinary proceedings concerning the teaching profession in Gibraltar.”