The Education (School Teacher Appraisal) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/2261
• Sections: 9

Section 1

These Regulations may be cited as the Education (School Teacher Appraisal) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st September 1999.

Section 2

The Education (School Teacher Appraisal) Regulations 1991 shall be amended as follows in so far as they apply in relation to school teachers at maintained schools in England .

Section 3

In regulation 2 (interpretation)–

(a) for the definition of “appraising body” there shall be substituted–

“appraising body” means–

in the case of a teacher employed at a school other than a school to which paragraph (b) refers, the local education authority, and

in the case of a teacher employed at a former grant-maintained or grant-maintained special school, the governing body of the school;

(b) after the definition of “appraisal record” there shall be inserted the following definitions–

“former grant-maintained school” means a school maintained by a local education authority which immediately before 1st September 1999 was a grant-maintained school;

“former grant-maintained special school” means a school maintained by a local education authority which immediately before 1st September 1999 was a grant-maintained special school;

(c) for the definition of “qualified teacher” there shall be substituted–

“qualified teacher” has the same meaning as in section 218(2) of the Education Reform Act 1988 ;

(d) the definition of “probationary teacher” shall be omitted;

(e) in the definition of “school” the words “, or a grant-maintained school” shall be omitted; and

(f) in the definition of “school teacher” the words “, other than a probationary teacher,” and “maintained by a local education authority or at any one grant-maintained school” shall be omitted.

Section 4

After regulation 2, there shall be inserted the following regulation–

(2A) In these Regulations, a reference to a community or community special, voluntary controlled, voluntary aided, or foundation or foundation special school does not include any such school which is a former grant-maintained or grant-maintained special school.

Section 5

In regulation 7 (the appraisal cycle) for the words “maintained by a local education authority” there shall be substituted the words “other than a former grant-maintained or grant-maintained special school”.

Section 6

In regulation 8 (appraisal procedures)–

(a) in paragraph (1) for the words “controlled, county or special agreement” there shall be substituted the words “community, voluntary controlled or community special”;

(b) in paragraph (2) after the words “voluntary aided” there shall be inserted the words “, foundation or foundation special”;

(c) in paragraph (3), for the words “grant-maintained” there shall be substituted the words “former grant-maintained or grant-maintained special”; and

(d) in paragraph (8) after the words “voluntary aided” there shall be inserted the words “, foundation or foundation special”.

Section 7

In regulation 11 (appraisal procedures)–

(a) in paragraph (3) for the words “grant-maintained, county, controlled or special agreement” there shall be substituted the words “former grant-maintained, former grant-maintained special, community, voluntary controlled or community special”; and

(b) in paragraph (4) after the words “voluntary aided” there shall be inserted the words “, foundation or foundation special”.

Section 8

In regulation 13 (use and retention of appraisal records)–

(a) in paragraph (1)(b) for the words “maintained by a local education authority” there shall be substituted the words “other than a former grant-maintained or grant-maintained special school”;

(b) in paragraph (2)(a) for the words “maintained by a local education authority” there shall be substituted the words “other than a former grant-maintained or grant-maintained special school”; and

(c) in paragraph (2)(b) for the words “grant-maintained” there shall be substituted the words “former grant-maintained or grant-maintained special”.

Section 9

In regulation 14(2) (use and retention of appraisal records) for the words “maintained by a local education authority, appropriate officers of or advisers to that authority” there shall be substituted the words “other than a former grant-maintained or grant-maintained special school, the appropriate officers of or advisers to the local education authority by which the school is maintained”.