2012 No. 1740
The School Staffing (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Education makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 35(4) and (5)(a), (b) and (d) and 36(4) and (5)(a), (b) and (e) of the Education Act 20021:
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the School Staffing (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 and come into force on 1st September 2012.
Amendment of the School Staffing (England) Regulations 20092
1
The School Staffing (England) Regulations 20092 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
2
In regulation 4(1)(a), for “regulations 5 to 9” substitute, “regulations 5 to 8 and 9”.
3
After regulation 8, insert—
Provision of information about staff capability8A
1
This regulation applies where a member of the teaching staff at a school (School A) applies for a teaching post at another school (School B), where School B is a maintained school or an Academy school3.
2
The governing body of School A must, at the request of the governing body or proprietor (as the case may be) of School B—
a
advise in writing whether or not that member of staff has, in the preceding two years, been the subject of the procedures established by the governing body in accordance with regulation 8 and, if so,
b
provide written details of the concerns which gave rise to this, the duration of the proceedings and their outcome.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)