Under the new legislation the regulatory standards body will become known as the Education Workforce Council and aspects of its role will change.
While the council supports plans to extend registration from teachers working in maintained schools to learning support workers and further education staff, members say the legislation does not go far enough and are urging Welsh Assembly members to get this legislation “right”.
During a debate on the Bill at a recent meeting of the council, chairwoman Angela Jardine summed up member’s concerns.
“An opportunity has been missed to redress the anomaly which sees teachers working in private and independent schools being excluded from the requirement to be registered and regulated and the safeguards provided by such registration,” she said.
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