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| Made | 6th March 2002 | ||
| Laid before Parliament | 7th March 2002 | ||
| Coming into force | 1st April 2002 |
(2) In these Regulations, a reference to a teacher employed in a school includes a teacher who is engaged to provide his services as a teacher in a school otherwise than under a contract of employment.
Classroom assistants
3.
Classroom assistants are hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 50(1)(b) of the Education (No. 2) Act 1986.
Teachers in respect of whom training bursaries and grant are payable
4.
- (1) In these Regulations "teacher" means a qualified teacher, other than a head teacher or fast track teacher, who has satisfactorily completed his induction period before the relevant date and who is or, as mentioned in paragraph (2) has been, employed as a teacher in a relevant school or as an unattached teacher by a local education authority.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a supply teacher or an unattached teacher unless he is or has been employed as a teacher in a relevant school or by an authority for not less than 20 days falling within the year in which he applies for a bursary or grant.
(3) In paragraph (1) the reference to a teacher satisfactorily completing his induction period is to be construed in accordance with the Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (Consolidation) (England) Regulations 2001[7], and the "relevant date" is 1st April in a year in which he participates, or commits himself to participate, in approved training.
Provision of bursaries and grant
5.
The Secretary of State may pay -
in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.
Eligibility for bursaries and grant
6.
- (1) A qualified teacher is eligible for a bursary and grant in respect of approved training in which he begins to participate or commits himself to participate -
(2) A classroom assistant who is employed in a relevant school is eligible for a bursary and grant in respect of approved training in which he participates, or commits himself to participate, in any year in which he is awarded a National Teaching Award.
(3) The requirement mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) is that he has completed not less than three nor more than five years service as a teacher on 1st September immediately preceding a year in which he participates, or commits himself to participate, in approved training.
(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3) a teacher has completed a year of service if on 1st September he has completed periods of employment as a teacher in a school (including an independent school or an MOD school) or by an Education Action Forum, or in the case of a teacher training in another State in the European Economic Area, periods of employment as a teacher within that area, amounting to at least twenty-six weeks in the aggregate within the previous twelve months.
(5) For the purposes of paragraph (4) a period of employment runs from the beginning of the week in which the employment commences to the end of the week in which the employment is terminated, including any holiday periods and any periods of absence from work in consequence of sickness or injury, whether the teacher's service during that period has been full-time or part-time or regular or otherwise.
(6) Where a teacher is absent from work in exercise of her right to maternity leave conferred by section 71 or 73 of the Employment Rights Act 1996[8] or conferred by her contract of employment or because of her pregnancy and has the right to return to work by virtue of the said section 71 or 73 or by virtue of her contract of employment, or where a teacher is absent from work in exercise of the right to parental leave conferred by section 76 of the Employment Rights Act 1996, the period of absence shall count towards the period of service of at least twenty-six weeks referred to in paragraph (4).
Training purposes in respect of which bursaries and grant are payable
7.
- (1) A bursary or grant may only be paid in respect of -
(2) A person to whom other public funding is provided for the purpose of meeting of assisting with any expenditure or costs for which a bursary or grant would otherwise be payable under these Regulations may not be paid a bursary or grant in respect of the same expenditure or costs.
Amount of bursaries and grant
8.
The total amount of bursaries and grant which may be paid in respect of a teacher or classroom assistant in relation to any year shall not exceed £500 in any year.
Payment
9.
- (1) A bursary or a grant may be paid in respect of expenditure incurred or to be incurred or commitments entered into during a year in which a teacher is eligible for bursary and grant.
(2) A bursary or a grant may be paid in such manner and at such times as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
Records, accounts and information
10.
- (1) A teacher or classroom assistant to whom a bursary is paid shall keep for a period of 3 years records of the expenditure to which it relates.
(2) A person to whom a grant is paid shall keep for a period of 3 years records and accounts to show the receipt and expenditure of grant.
(3) A teacher, classroom assistant or other person to whom a bursary or grant is paid shall, if so requested by the Secretary of State, furnish him with such further information as may be requested to enable him to verify that any bursary or grant paid has been properly paid under these Regulations.
Repayment
11.
Where in the opinion of the Secretary of State any information or assumption on the basis of which a bursary or grant has been paid is incorrect, the teacher, classroom assistant or other person to whom the bursary or grant was paid shall at the request of the Secretary of State repay such sum not exceeding the total bursary or grant as the Secretary of State may request.
Stephen Timms
Minister of State, Department for Education and Skills
6th March 2002
[4] ISBN 011 2711073; the Document was given effect by S.I. 2001/2962 and the definition of "fast track teacher" was inserted in the Document by S.I. 2001/3435.back
[5] Registered charity no. 1074968.back
[7] S.I. 2001/2897; see regulation 16.back
[8] 1996 c. 16. A new section 71 was substituted by Part I of Schedule 4 to the Employment Relations Act 1999 (c. 26) with effect from 15th December 1999 in relation to employees whose expected week of childbirth began on or after 30th April 2000. The Regulations in force under section 71 are S.I. 1999/3312.back
