The School Teachers' Qualifications (Wales) Regulations 2012

Regulation 4

SCHEDULE 1 Saving and Transitional Provisions

Accreditation of institutions providing initial teacher training

1.  Any accreditation given for the purposes of or having effect as if given for the purposes of regulation 7 of the 2004 Regulations and in force immediately before the coming into force of these Regulations is to have effect as if given for the purposes of regulation 7 of these Regulations.

Persons who commenced a course of initial teacher training in Wales prior to 1 September 2008

2.  Paragraph 1(c) of Schedule 2 does not apply in the case of persons who commenced a course of initial teacher training in Wales prior to 1 September 2008 and had not been notified in writing that they were qualified teachers under regulation 6 of the 2004 Regulations on or before 31 March 2012.

The employment based teacher training schemes made under the 2004 Regulations

3.  Subject to the transitional provisions set out in the 2011 Scheme, the 2006 Scheme is to continue in force until 1 September 2012.

4.  Where a person successfully completes a period of training on the 2006 Scheme or otherwise satisfies the requirements of that scheme, paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 is to be read as if after “accredited institution” the words “or by a person approved by the Welsh Ministers as competent to assess a trainee teacher’s competence against the specified standards in accordance with that scheme” were inserted.

5.  The 2011 Scheme, which is to apply in relation to programmes of training commencing on or after 1 September 2012 is to continue in force until such time as a scheme is established by the Welsh Ministers under regulation 8 of these Regulations or until revoked by the Welsh Ministers, whichever occurs first.