2011 No. 602
Education, England

The Education (Head Teachers’ Qualifications) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2011

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Education makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 135(2) and 210(7)(b) of the Education Act 20021:

Citation and commencement1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Head Teachers’ Qualifications) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 and come into force on 1st April 2011.

Amendment of the Education (Head Teachers’ Qualifications) (England) Regulations 20032.

In regulation 5(2)(c) of the Education (Head Teachers’ Qualifications) (England) Regulations 20032, for “80A or 80B of the Employment Rights Act 1996” substitute “80A, 80AA, 80B or 80BB of the Employment Rights Act 1996”.
Nick Gibb
Minister of State
Department for Education
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Education (Head Teachers’ Qualifications) (England) Regulations 2003. Those Regulations provide that a person may only serve as a head teacher of a school maintained by a local authority or a non-maintained special school if they hold certain qualifications, unless they were appointed on or after 1st April 2004 and before 1st April 2009, had successfully applied by the date of their appointment to train for the National Professional Qualification for Headship, and have been in post for less than four years. That four year period is extended where the head teacher is absent from work in exercise of certain listed rights. Regulation 2 of these Regulations adds additional paternity leave to that list of rights.