The Staffing of Maintained Schools (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2009

• Citation: S.I. 2009/2708 (W.)
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Title, commencement and application

(1) The title of these Regulations is the Staffing of Maintained Schools (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 and they come into force on 2 November 2009.

(2) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

Section 2 Revocations

Regulation 5 of the Education (Review of Staffing Structure) (Wales) Regulations 2005 is revoked.

Section 3 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

“ 2002 Act ” (“ Deddf 2002 ”) means the Education Act 2002.

Section 4 Amendment to the Staffing of Maintained Schools (Wales) Regulations 2006

After regulation 5 of the Staffing of Maintained Schools (Wales) Regulations 2006 insert the following text:

Head teacher’s duties and entitlements

(5A)

(1) The governing body must ensure that the head teacher at the school —

(a) complies with the duties imposed upon the head teacher; and

(b) benefits from any entitlement conferred upon the head teacher

by any order under section 122 of the 2002 Act (teachers' pay and conditions) .

(2) In discharging its duty under paragraph (1)(a), the governing body must have regard to the desirability of the head teacher being able to achieve a satisfactory balance between the time spent discharging the professional duties of a head teacher and the time spent by the head teacher pursuing personal interests outside work.