All the appraisers and the head teacher must seek to agree at a meeting held under regulation 12(1) on the procedures for monitoring the head teacher’s performance against the objectives agreed under regulation 12(1) or where objectives have not been agreed the objectives set out in writing under regulation 12(4).

If procedures are not agreed under paragraph (1), the appraisers must set out in writing such procedures for monitoring the head teacher’s performance as they consider appropriate.

Subject to paragraph (4), an appraiser may not obtain from any other person information, whether written or oral, relevant to the head teacher’s performance unless the head teacher consents or the information is obtained in accordance with the procedures agreed under paragraph (1) or where procedures have not been agreed, the procedures set out in writing under paragraph (2).

Paragraph (3) does not apply to any information which an appraiser is entitled to receive under any other provision of these Regulations.