The Teachers’ Disciplinary (England) Regulations 2012

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“professional conduct panel” means a panel appointed by the Secretary of State in accordance with regulation 6;

“teacher” means a person who is employed or engaged to carry out teaching work at—

(a)

a school in England;

(b)

a sixth form college in England(1);

(c)

relevant youth accommodation in England(2);

(d)

a children’s home in England(3); or

(e)

when section 53 of the Education Act 2011(4) is fully in force, a 16 to 19 Academy(5); and

“the prohibited list” means the list maintained by the Secretary of State under section 141C (1) of the Education Act 2002(6).

(1)

See section 91(3A) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c.13) for the definition of “sixth form college”. Section 91(3A) was inserted by the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (“the 2009 Act”) (c. 22), section 125 and Schedule 8, paragraphs 1 and 13 (1) and (3).

(2)

See section 562(1A) of the Education Act 1996 (c.56) for the definition of “relevant youth accommodation”. Section 562(1A) was inserted by the 2009 Act, section 49(1) and (3).

(3)

“Children’s home” is defined in section 141A(2) of the Act as having the same meaning as in the Care Standards Act 2000 (c.14); see section 1 of that Act.

(4)

2011 c.21.

(5)

See section 1B of the Academies Act 2010 (c.32) for the definition of a “16 to 19 Academy”. Section 1B was inserted by section 53(7) of the Education Act 2011.

(6)

Section 141(C) was inserted in the Act by section 8 of the Education Act 2011. It imposes a duty on the Secretary of State to keep a list containing the names of persons in relation to whom a prohibition order has effect.