http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/602/madeThe Education (Head Teachers’ Qualifications) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2011Employment rightsenKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2012-11-16EDUCATION, ENGLAND 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. The Education (Head Teachers’ Qualifications) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2011The Education (Head Teachers' Qualifications) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2011RegulationsThe Education (Head Teachers' Qualifications) (England) (Revocation) Regulations 2012The Education (Head Teachers’ Qualifications) (England) (Revocation) Regulations 2012reg. 2 Sch.reg. 1 2011 No. 602 Education, England The Education (Head Teachers’ Qualifications) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 Made 2nd March 2011 Laid before Parliament 9th March 2011 Coming into force 1st April 2011 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 2002: Citation and commencement 1 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 2003 2 In regulation 5(2)(c) of the Education (Head Teachers’ Qualifications) (England) Regulations 2003, 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 2nd March 2011 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.

 2002 c. 32. Section 210(7) has been amended by section 21 of the Learner Travel (Wales) Measure 2008 (2008 nawm 2). S.I. 2003/3111, amended by S.I. 2005/3322.