Education (Scotland) Act 2025

12 The teacher and practitioner charter

(1) Qualifications Scotland must—

(a) prepare a teacher and practitioner charter in collaboration with—

(i) the Teacher and Practitioner Interest Committee, and

(ii) such invited persons as wish to participate,

(b) publish the charter before the expiry of the period of 6 months beginning with the day on which this section comes into force.

(2) The teacher and practitioner charter—

(a) must set out what persons providing teaching or training in respect of a Qualifications Scotland qualification should expect from Qualifications Scotland in the exercise of its functions,

(b) may include such other information as Qualifications Scotland considers appropriate.

(3) The persons invited by Qualifications Scotland to participate in the preparation of the teacher and practitioner charter must include—

(a) persons providing teaching or training in respect of a Qualifications Scotland qualification,

(b) persons training to be a teacher,

(c) persons appearing to Qualifications Scotland to represent the interests of the persons mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b).

(4) In inviting persons to participate in the preparation of the teacher and practitioner charter, Qualifications Scotland must encourage equal opportunities and in particular the observance of the equal opportunity requirements.

(5) Qualifications Scotland must, prior to finalisation of the teacher and practitioner charter—

(a) give the Strategic Advisory Council and the Scottish Ministers the opportunity to comment on it, and

(b) have regard to the comments (if any) received from the council and Ministers in response.

(6) For the purpose of subsection (1)(a), it is immaterial that anything done by way of preparation was done before the Bill for this Act was passed or after that but before this section comes into force.