The Education Workforce Council (Accreditation of Initial Teacher Training) (Wales) Regulations 2017

Determination of applications by the Committee

11.—(1) Before determining an application for the accreditation of a course or programme of initial school teacher training the Committee must consider all written evidence, representations and other material submitted to it by the applicant as part of the application.

(2) The Committee may allow an applicant to make oral representations to it.

(3) The Committee may determine to—

(a) accredit the course or programme of initial school teacher training;

(b) not accredit the course or programme of initial school teacher training; or

(c) accredit the course or programme of initial school teacher training subject to such conditions as the Committee considers appropriate.

(4) The Committee may accredit a course or programme of initial school teacher training under paragraph (3)(a) or (c) for such period as it considers appropriate which may be not less than 1 year and no more than 5 years.

(5) The Committee may—

(a) request the applicant provide such information or other evidence (“the additional information”) as it considers necessary to determine the application; and

(b) postpone its determination of the application until the additional information is provided.

(6) The Committee must give notice in writing to the applicant of its determination under paragraph (3) within 15 working days of that determination.

(7) The notice under paragraph (6) must contain the following information—

(a) the reasons for the determination and, if applicable, the accreditation criteria the applicant has not satisfied,

(b) the fact of the applicant’s right to appeal against the determination,

(c) the person to whom the applicant must give any notice of appeal,

(d) the fact that any notice of appeal must contain the grounds of appeal, and

(e) the last date on which an appeal may be made.

(8) A notice required to be served on a person for the purposes of this regulation must be served in accordance with regulation 15.