Useful Documents
Guidance for Work Based Learning Providers
FE Workforce Reforms Information Pack, November 2007
Explains the FE Workforce Reforms in England and outlines what those affected need to be doing in order to comply with the new regulations.
Summary Sheet 'Qualifications for teachers, tutors, trainers, lecturers and instructors in the FE sector'
This is a flow chart outlining the various routes to qualifications and gaining professional status
Statutory Instrument 2007 No. 2264 (2007 Regulations)
These are the new regulations for England that came into force on 1 September 2007. They cover FE teachers' qualifications, FE Teachers' CPD, and FE Principals' Qualifications.
Guidance from the Department of Innovation,Universities and Skills on each of the three sets of Regulations is available here including:
- A Guide to The Further Education Teachers' Continuing Professional Development and Registration (England) Regulations 2007
- A Guide to The Further Education (Principals' Qualifications) (England) Regulations 2007
- A Guide to The Further Education (Teachers' Qualifications) (England) Regulations 2007
LLUK Guidance for awarding institutions on teacher roles and initial teacher training qualifications
This is the revised guidance for generic and literacy, numeracy and ESOL qualifications. It explains what is meant in the Regulations.
SVUK tariff database and endorsed qualifications
Standards Verification UK endorses new qualifications and maps existing qualifications to the new requirements
Statutory Instrument 2001 No. 1209 (2001 Educational Reforms)
These are the 2001 regulations which stipulate that the reforms are happening in 2007 and who they will affect.
Equipping Our Teachers for the Future 2004
This is the policy document that sets the context for the reforms.
