The School Teachers’ Incentive Payments (England) Order 2012

Made: 19th March 2012

Laid before Parliament: 26th March 2012

Coming into force: 1st September 2012

The Secretary of State for Education makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 123(4)(a) of the Education Act 2002[^f00001]:

Citation, commencement and application

1

• (1) This Order may be cited as the School Teachers’ Incentive Payments (England) Order 2012 and comes into force on 1st September 2012.

• (2) This Order applies only in relation to school teachers in England.

Interpretation

2

In this Order—

• “authority” means a local authority in England;

• “credit” means a credit awarded by the higher education institution provider of the Mathematics Specialist Teacher Programme.

Incentive payments to school teachers

3

A lump sum payment made to a school teacher—

• (a) by an authority or the governing body of a school maintained by an authority,

• (b) following that teacher’s attainment of 60 credits at masters level at the completion of the second year of the Mathematics Specialist Teacher Programme funded by the Department for Education,

is not to be treated as remuneration for the purpose of section 122(1) of the Education Act 2002.

Signed

Nick Gibb — Minister of State — Department for Education — 19th March 2012

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order provides that lump sum payments paid to those school teachers in England who have attained 60 credits at masters level at the completion of the second year of the Mathematics Specialist Teacher Programme, which is funded by the Department for Education, are not to be treated as remuneration for the purpose of section 122(1) of the Education Act 2002.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on businesses or civil society organisations. The instrument has a minimal impact on the public sector.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2002 c.32.