The Education (Specified Work and Registration) (England) Regulations 2003

Teacher trainees who have yet to pass the skills tests

6.—(1) This paragraph shall apply in the case of a person over the age of 18 years, who is not a qualified teacher, and who—

(a) is required to pass the teacher trainee skills tests in order to satisfy the specified standards; and

(b) is a person who –

(i) would have been notified by the Secretary of State in accordance with paragraph 1(1)(b) of Schedule 3 to the 1999 Regulations, as being a person mentioned in paragraph 2, 7, 7A or 9 of Schedule 3 to those Regulations, or

(ii) is mentioned in paragraph 7, 9, or 10 of Schedule 2 to the 2003 Qualifications Regulations and would have been awarded qualified teacher status by the General Teaching Council for England in accordance with regulation 10 of those Regulations,

but for the fact that he has not passed all the teacher trainee skills tests.

(2) Such a person may carry out work specified in regulation 6 in a school (other than a pupil referral unit) provided that the aggregate of—

(a) the period for which he carries out such work by virtue of this paragraph, for one or more than one authority or body, and

(b) the period for which he has been employed by virtue of paragraph 4A of Schedule 2 to the 1999 Regulations by one or more than one authority or body,

does not exceed 5 years, or such longer period if any as may be approved in his case by the Secretary of State.

(3) In this paragraph—

(a) the “specified standards” means such standards as may be specified from time to time by the Secretary of State as the standards required of a person who seeks to become a qualified teacher.

(b) the “teacher trainee skills tests” means the literacy, numeracy and information and communications technology teacher trainee skills tests administered by or on behalf of the Teacher Training Agency.