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The Teachers’ Skills Test (England) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020 

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# EDUCATION, ENGLAND 

# 2020 No. 476 

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 132(1) and (2), 133(1) and (4), 135A(1) and (2)(f) and (g), 145(1)(a) and (c) and 210(7) of the Education Act 2002( a ) (“the Act”). 

## Citation and commencement 

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Teachers’ Skills Test (England) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 25th June 2020. 

## Amendment of the Education (School Teachers’ Qualifications) (England) Regulations 2003 

2.  In Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Education (School Teachers’ Qualifications) (England) Regulations 2003( b )— 

(a) in paragraph 1, for the definition of “specified standards” substitute— 

““specified standards” means— 

(a) in the case of a person (“P”) to whom paragraph 1A applies, the standards specified by the Secretary of State at the time, on or after 25th June 2020, as the standards required of P in order for P to achieve qualified teacher status; 

(b) in all other cases, the standards applying as at the time of assessment specified by the Secretary of State as the standards required of a person who seeks to achieve qualified teacher status;”; 

(b) after paragraph 1, insert— 

“ 1A. —(1) This paragraph applies to a person (“P”) who, before 25th June 2020— 

(a) had not passed a skills test; and 

