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These Regulations make provision, from 1st April 2004, for first-time head teachers of maintained schools in England to hold the National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH) or its equivalent in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland. The Regulations do not apply to persons who have been appointed as a head teacher before the Regulations come into force.
By virtue of regulation 5 a person may serve as a head teacher without holding the National Professional Qualification for Headship provided that he is appointed before 1st April 2009 and at that time has obtained a place on a training course with a view to gaining that qualification and a period of 4 years from the date when he is appointed as a head teacher has not expired.
By virtue of regulation 6, a person does not have to hold NPQH or its equivalent to carry out the functions of a head teacher pending the appointment of a head teacher or during the absence of the appointed head teacher.
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