These Regulations consolidate the Regulations revoked by regulation 2 and Schedule 1 comprising all the regulations concerning the induction arrangements for school teachers in England made under section 19 of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998.

In addition these Regulations provide for the following changes of substance in relation to induction arrangements—

Further education teachers who are awarded qualified teacher status by virtue of paragraph 10A of Schedule 3 to the Education (Teachers' Qualifications and Health Standards) (England) Regulations 1999 are exempted from induction.

Teachers in Northern Ireland are exempted from induction if they have either successfully completed induction in Northern Ireland or were employed as teachers in Northern Ireland prior to the introduction of the induction stage of teacher training in Northern Ireland.

Overseas trained teachers who meet the induction assessment criteria and fall within the terms of paragraph 17 of Schedule 2 are exempted from induction.