The Education (School Teacher Performance Management) (England) Regulations 2006

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations revoke and replace the Education (School Teacher Appraisal) (England) Regulations 2001.

They apply to teachers whose pay and conditions are determined by order of the Secretary of State under section 122 of the Act, who are employed for one term or more, other than those who are undergoing an induction period or who are the subject of capability procedures .

The regulations in Part 2 provide for the management and review of the performance of teachers employed at schools by governing bodies or local education authorities and the regulations in Part 3 provide for the management and review of the performance of teachers employed by local education authorities who are not attached to any particular school or are employed otherwise than at a school or are employed at pupil referral units, including teachers in charge of such units (“unattached teachers”).

The principal provisions of these Regulations—

(a) require governing bodies in the case of teachers employed at schools and local education authorities (“authorities”) in the case of unattached teachers to establish and implement a performance management policy for their teachers;

(b) provide for the appointment of reviewers and specify the procedure they must follow when preparing and revising teachers’ plans and reviewing their performance in the light of those plans in the teachers’ planning and review statements;

(c) allow head teachers and authorities to delegate their reviewer’s duties, in their entirety, to the teacher’s line manager and, where they do this, enable head teachers and authorities to moderate the plans drawn up by line managers;

(d) provide that teachers may appeal against any of the entries recorded in their statements; and

(e) allow governing bodies and authorities to have regard to the results of their teachers’ reviews when exercising any discretion in relation to their pay.