General Teaching Council for England (Registration of Teachers) Regulations 2000

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2000/2176
Year2000

2000 No. 2176

EDUCATION, ENGLAND

The General Teaching Council for England (Registration of Teachers) Regulations 2000

Made 7th August 2000

Laid before Parliament 10th August 2000

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 3(3)(d), 4, 5(1) and (2)(b), 14(3) and 42(6) and (7) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 19981, the Secretary of State for Education and Employment hereby makes the following Regulations:

1 INTRODUCTION

PART 1

INTRODUCTION

S-1 Citation and commencement

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the General Teaching Council for England (Registration of Teachers) Regulations 2000.

(2) Regulations 12, 16 and 17 shall come into force on 1st February 2001, and all other regulations shall come into force on 1st September 2000.

S-2 Interpretation

Interpretation

2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

the 1988 Act” means the Education Reform Act 19882;

“the 1998 Act” means the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998;

“advanced skills teacher” means a teacher who has been certified by an assessor appointed by the Secretary of State for Education and Employment as eligible for appointment to an advanced skills teacher post;

“Code of Practice” means the code of practice authorised to be issued under regulation 13;

“the Council” means the General Teaching Council for England;

“employer” in relation to a teacher includes a person who engages or makes arrangements for the engagement of that teacher to provide his services as a teacher otherwise than under a contract of employment, and “prospective employer”, “employed” and “employment” shall be construed accordingly;

“independent school” has the same meaning as in section 463 of the Education Act 19963;

“induction period” means an induction period served in accordance with regulations made in relation to England or Wales under section 19 of the 1998 Act4;

“institution within the further education sector” has the same meaning as in section 91(3) of the Further and Higher Education Act 19925;

“institution within the higher education sector” has the same meaning as in section 91(5) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992;

“non-maintained special school” means a special school which is neither a community special school nor a foundation special school;

“qualified teacher” has the same meaning as in section 218(2) of the 1988 Act6;

“the Register” means the register of teachers which the Council are required to establish and maintain in accordance with section 3 of the 1998 Act and these Regulations, and “registration” shall be construed accordingly;

“registered teacher” means a person for the time being registered under section 3 of the 1998 Act;

“school maintained by a local education authority” has the same meaning as in section 142(1) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998; and

“special school” has the same meaning as in section 337(1) of the Education Act 19967.

2 REGISTRATION OF TEACHERS

PART II

REGISTRATION OF TEACHERS

S-3 Disqualification from registration

Disqualification from registration

3. For the purposes of section 3(3)(d) of the 1998 Act, a person is not eligible for registration if he is ineligible for registration as a teacher in Scotland or Northern Ireland, or disqualified from being a teacher in any school, by virtue of—

(a) section 11 of the Teaching Council (Scotland) Act 19658;

(b) regulation 9 of the Teachers' (Eligibility) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19979; or

(c) regulations made under article 36 of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 199810.

S-4 Applications for registration

Applications for registration

4.—(1) An application for registration shall include—

(a)

(a) the teacher number assigned to the applicant by the Department for Education and Employment;

(b)

(b) the applicant’s full name;

(c)

(c) the applicant’s date of birth;

(d)

(d) the applicant’s home address or other contact address; and

(e)

(e) the date on which the applicant qualified as a teacher.

(2) The Council may make further provision as to—

(a)

(a) the form and manner in which applications for registration are to be made; and

(b)

(b) the documentary and other evidence which is to accompany applications for registration.

S-5 Registration on establishment of the Register

Registration on establishment of the Register

5.—(1) On the establishment of the Register, the Council may register persons eligible for registration who have not made applications for registration.

(2) The Council shall send written confirmation of their registration to all persons registered under paragraph (1).

(3) The Council shall at his request provide free of charge a copy of the information recorded on the Register against his name to a person registered under paragraph (1).

S-6 Content of Register

Content of Register

6.—(1) There shall be recorded in the Register against the names of those registered in it the matters listed in Schedule 1.

(2) The Council may make provision as to additional matters to be recorded in the Register.

S-7 Division of Register into separate parts

Division of Register into separate parts

7. The Council may make provision as to the division of the Register into separate parts.

S-8 Amending entries on the Register

Amending entries on the Register

8. The Council may make provision as to the restoration and alteration of entries on the Register, and the transfer of entries between different parts of the Register.

S-9 Charging of registration fees

Charging of registration fees

9. The Council may make provision—

(a) to charge fees fixed by them with the approval of the Secretary of State in respect of—

(i) applications for registration or for the restoration of entries in the Register, and

(ii) the retention of entries in the Register;

(b) for there to be exceptions where fees are not to be charged; and

(c) for them to refuse an application for registration until the appropriate fee has been paid.

S-10 Removal of entries from the Register

Removal of entries from the Register

10. The Council may make provision as to the removal of entries from the Register where the persons concerned have ceased to be eligible for registration, have failed to pay a registration fee, or otherwise.

S-11 Issue and form of certificates of registration

Issue and form of certificates of registration

11. The Council may make provision as to the issuing of certificates of registration to registered teachers, and as to the form of such certificates.

S-12 Public access to the Register

Public access to the Register

12.—(1) The Council shall on request inform a member of the public whether or not a person is a registered teacher.

(2) The Council may make available for inspection the names of teachers on the Register in such a manner as the Council determine.

3 CODE OF PRACTICE

PART III

CODE OF PRACTICE

S-13 Issue and revision of Code of Practice

Issue and revision of Code of Practice

13. The Council may issue and from time to time revise a Code of Practice laying down standards of professional conduct and practice expected of registered teachers.

S-14 Provision of copies of the Code of Practice

Provision of copies of the Code of Practice

14.—(1) The Council shall make copies of the Code of Practice available free of charge to all registered teachers—

(a)

(a) when the Code of Practice is first issued;

(b)

(b) if the Council so determine, when the Code of Practice is revised; and

(c)

(c) on a teacher’s first registration.

(2) The Council may make available a copy of the Code of Practice free of charge at any website maintained by them on the internet.

(3) The Council may make available a copy of the Code of Practice free of charge to a person—

(a)

(a) who is the employer or prospective employer of a teacher, or who is concerned with the employment of teachers, or

(b)

(b) who is engaged in or concerned with the training or professional development of teachers,

at his request.

(4) Subject to paragraphs (1) to (3), the Council shall on request provide copies of the Code of Practice on payment of such reasonable charge as they shall decide.

4 SUPPLY OF INFORMATION

PART IV

SUPPLY OF INFORMATION

S-15 Supply of information to teachers

Supply of information to teachers

15.—(1) The Council shall supply a registered teacher, at his request, with a copy of the information entered on the Register against his name free of charge.

(2) The Council shall supply a person about whom they maintain records in accordance with an order under section 7(1) and (4) of the 1998 Act, at his request and free of charge, with a copy of such records as they maintain about him pursuant to such order.

S-16 Supply of information to employers

Supply of information to employers

16.—(1) Subject to paragraph (5), the Council shall if requested by an employer or prospective employer to whom this paragraph applies of—

(a)

(a) a registered teacher; or

(b)

(b) an unregistered person about whom they maintain records in accordance with an order under section 7(1) and (4) of the 1998 Act,

supply that employer or prospective employer with the information set out in Schedule 2 in respect of the teacher or person concerned.

(2) Paragraph (1) applies to an employer or prospective employer who is—

(a)

(a) a local education authority;

(b)

(b) the governing body of a school maintained by a local education authority;

(c)

(c) the governing body of a non-maintained special school;

(d)

(d) the proprietor of an independent school;

(e)

(e) an institution within the higher education sector; or

(f)

(f) an institution within the further education sector.

(3) The following shall be treated as an employer or prospective employer to whom paragraph (1) applies—

(a)

(a) a local education authority where the employer or prospective employer is the governing body of a school maintained by that authority (whether or not the governing body has made a request under paragraph (1));

(b)

(b) the appropriate diocesan authority in relation to a Church of England or Roman Catholic Church...

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