2017 No. 170

Education

The Requirements for Teachers (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017

Made

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

Coming into force

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 74(1) and 90(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 19801 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Requirements for Teachers (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 and come into force on 1st October 2017.

Amendment of the Requirements for Teachers (Scotland) Regulations 20052

1

The Requirements for Teachers (Scotland) Regulations 20052 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 3 (general requirements in relation to employment of teachers), after “authority” insert “and managers of every grant-aided school”.

3

In regulation 4 (requirement to employ registered teachers), after sub-paragraph (1), insert—

1A

The condition set out in subparagraph (1B) is prescribed for the purpose of section 74(1) in respect of grant-aided schools.

1B

Managers of grant-aided schools must employ only a registered teacher as a teacher.

4

In regulation 4(1), omit “(“registered teacher” having the meaning set out in paragraph (2) below)”.

5

Omit regulation 10 (application of Regulations to Jordanhill School, Glasgow).

JOHN SWINNEYA member of the Scottish GovernmentSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Requirements for Teachers (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (“the 2005 Regulations”) to extend certain provisions to grant-aided schools.

Regulation 3 of the 2005 Regulations requires education authorities to employ adequate numbers of teachers, with appropriate professional skills and knowledge. Regulation 2(2) of these regulations extends that requirement to managers of every grant-aided school.

Regulation 4 of the 2005 Regulations provides that only registered teachers may be employed as teachers by an education authority. Regulation 2(3) of these regulations extends that requirement to managers of a grant-aided school. This is achieved by insertion of paragraphs (1A) and (1B) into Regulation 4 of the 2005 Regulations.

Regulations 3 and 4 of the 2005 Regulations were formerly applied to Jordanhill School by virtue of Regulation 10 of the 2005 Regulations. As these Regulations extend Regulations 3 and 4 of the 2005 Regulations to all grant-aided schools, the specific provision in Regulation 10 of the 2005 Regulations is no longer required and is deleted by Regulation 2(5) of these Regulations.