The Education (Head Teachers' Qualifications) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2005
The Education (Head Teachers' Qualifications) (England) Regulations 2003 provide that a first time head teacher of a maintained school in England must hold a prescribed qualification. These amendment Regulations add to the list of prescribed qualifications, which now includes:the National Professional Qualification for Headship;its equivalent in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland; ora comparable qualification obtained elsewhere in the European Economic Area (which includes the member states of the European Community, Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein) or Switzerland.