SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 14Amendments relating to the training of the school workforce

Education Act 2002 (c. 32)

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1

Section 14 of the Education Act 2002 (power of Secretary of State and Assembly to give financial assistance for purposes related to education or childcare) is amended as follows.

2

After subsection (2) insert—

2ZA

In subsection (2)(g), “training for teachers or for non-teaching staff” includes—

a

any training or education (whether or not constituting higher education) with the object of fitting persons to be teachers or non-teaching staff, or better teachers or non-teaching staff, and

b

any assessment related to the award of a qualification or status to teachers or non-teaching staff, or prospective teachers or non-teaching staff.

3

In the definition of “education” in subsection (3), after “but” insert “ , except in subsection (2ZA)(a), ”.