The Education (School Teachers' Pay and Conditions) (No. 2) Order 2000

• Citation: S.I. 2000/929
• Sections: 6

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Education (School Teachers' Pay and Conditions) (No. 2) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000.

Section 2 Application

This Order applies to school teachers (as defined in section 5(1) and (2) of the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Act 1991 ) in England and Wales.

Section 3 School Teachers' Pay and Conditions

The School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document 1999 shall be amended with effect from 1st April 2000 as follows.

Section 4 School Teachers' Pay and Conditions

There shall be inserted in the appropriate positions in paragraph 1.2 the following definitions—

“assessor” means an assessor appointed by the Secretary of State to assess whether teachers have passed the performance threshold, and to scrutinise, and if so minded, approve, threshold assessment arrangements made by head teachers and others;

“performance threshold” means the professional standards from time to time determined by the Secretary of State against which classroom teachers are assessed to determine whether they have passed the threshold;

“teacher who has passed the threshold” means a teacher who has been certified by an assessor as having passed the performance threshold, or who has been so certified by a head teacher or other person under arrangements approved by an assessor, and references to “passing the threshold” shall be construed accordingly; and

“threshold assessment” means an assessment of whether a teacher has passed the performance threshold;

Section 5 School Teachers' Pay and Conditions

There shall be inserted after paragraph 43.8.5—

(43.8.6) assessing whether a teacher at the school who requests an assessment has passed the threshold, subject to approval of the assessment arrangements by an assessor, and where requested by him to do so providing assistance to an assessor in relation to threshold assessments at the school;

Section 6 School Teachers' Pay and Conditions

There shall be inserted at the end of paragraph 50.11.1—

and assisting the head teacher in carrying out threshold assessments of other teachers