The General Teaching Council for England (Additional Functions) (Amendment) Order 2001

Statutory Instruments

2001 No. 1270

EDUCATION, ENGLAND

The General Teaching Council for England (Additional Functions) (Amendment) Order 2001

Made

28th March 2001

Laid before Parliament

30th March 2001

Coming into force

1st June 2001

Being of the opinion that the General Teaching Council for England may, having regard to their general objectives, appropriately discharge the additional functions hereby conferred and having carried out such consultation as appears to him to be appropriate, the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 7(1) and (4) and 42(7) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998(1), hereby makes the following Order—

1.  This Order may be cited as the General Teaching Council for England (Additional Functions) (Amendment) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 1st June 2001.

2.  The General Teaching Council for England (Additional Functions) Order 2000(2) shall be amended as follows—

(a) in article 2, at the appropriate place, there shall be inserted:

““national numeracy test” means the national test for teacher training candidates in numeracy, being a standard determined by the Secretary of State under regulation 13 of the Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (England) Regulations 1999(3);”; and

““performance threshold” means the professional standards from time to time determined by the Secretary of State and set out in Annex 1 of the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document 2000(4), against which classroom teachers are assessed to determine whether they have passed the threshold for the purpose of calculating their pay;”;

(b) in article 3(3), after “this order” there shall be inserted—

• “for such period (if any) as is specified in that Part and”;

(c) in Part II of the Schedule, for paragraph 8 there shall be substituted the following:

“8.   If known, the teacher’s national insurance number.”;

(d) in Part II of the Schedule, after paragraph 17, there shall be inserted—

“17A.   If known, an indication of whether the teacher has passed the performance threshold, the date on which he passed it and the school at which he was employed when he passed the performance threshold.”;

(e) in Part II of the Schedule, after paragraph 18, sub-paragraph (2), there shall be inserted—

“(3) Where the teacher gained Qualified Teacher Status between 1 May 2000 and 30 April 2001 and has not yet passed or failed an induction period, if known, an indication of whether the teacher has passed the national numeracy test and if he has not, the number of attempts the teacher has made at the test.”; and

(f) in Part II of the Schedule, after paragraph 23 there shall be inserted—

“23A.   The terms of any disciplinary order, other than a reprimand, for the time being in force, made by the Council or the General Teaching Council for Wales.

23B.   The terms of any reprimand issued by the Council or the General Teaching Council for Wales, for a period of two years from the date the reprimand was issued.”.

Jacqui Smith

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department for Education and Employment

28th March 2001

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends The General Teaching Council for England (Additional Functions) Order 2000. It provides for the General Teaching Council for England to record information relating to whether a teacher has passed the performance threshold, the date upon which he did so and the school at which he was teaching when he did so. Information relating to whether or not the teacher has passed the national numeracy test and the number of attempts he has made at the test is to be recorded only in the case of teachers achieving Qualified Teacher Status between 1 May 2000 and 30 April 2001 who have not yet completed an induction period. It also provides for the recording of any disciplinary orders made against the teacher by the General Teaching Council of England or the General Teaching Council for Wales. Reprimands issued by either of the Councils are only to be recorded against the name of the teacher for a period of 2 years from the date the reprimand is issued.

(1)

1998 c. 30. The Secretary of State can exercise the powers under Part I of that Act only in relation to England: see article 2 of and Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672). For the meaning of “prescribed” and “regulations” see section 43(1).

(2)

S.I. 2000/2175.

(3)

S.I. 1999/1065; relevant amending instrument S.I. 2000/1177.

(4)

Given effect by S.I. 2000/2321, amended by S.I. 2000/3106.