1.-(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education (School Teacher Appraisal) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2000.

(2) Regulations 1 and 4, and regulation 2 to the extent that it relates to regulation 4, shall come into force on 31st December 2000.

(3) Regulations 3, 5 and 6, and regulation 2 to the extent that it relates to regulations 3, 5 and 6, shall come into force on 15th January 2001.

(4) These Regulations shall apply in relation to England.

2. The Education (School Teacher Appraisal) (England) Regulations 2000(2) shall be amended as follows.

3.-(1) In regulation 8(1) for "9 and 10" there shall be substituted "9, 10 and 10A".

(2) In regulation 8(2) for "paragraph (3)" there shall be substituted "paragraphs (3) and (3A)".

(3) After regulation 8(3) there shall be inserted the following paragraph-

"(3A) The governing body may determine that the length of the first appraisal cycle under these Regulations of the head teacher of the school shall be a period of less than one year.".

4. In regulation 10(a) for "31st December 2000" there shall be substituted "6th April 2001".

5. After regulation 10 there shall be inserted the following regulation-

"10A. The governing body shall further secure that objectives have been agreed or set for the head teacher of a school in accordance with regulation 11 on or before 31st December 2001 and on or before 31st December in every subsequent year.".

6. After regulation 12 there shall be inserted the following regulation-

"12A.-(1) A school teacher's objectives may be revised at any time during the appraisal cycle where the school teacher and his appraiser, or in the case of a head teacher all his appraisers, agree.

(2) Where a school teacher's objectives are revised under this regulation-

(a)his statement of objectives shall be amended to show the agreed revision;

(b)references in these Regulations to his objectives shall be read as references to his revised objectives; and

(c)references in these Regulations to his statement of objectives shall be read as references to his amended statement of objectives.".

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Education (School Teacher Appraisal) (England) Regulations 2000 ("the Regulations") (S.I. 2000/1620).

The deadline for the governing body of a school to which the Regulations apply to secure that the head teacher's objectives have been agreed or set is extended from 31st December 2000 to 6th April 2001. The governing body may decide that the head teacher's first appraisal cycle under the Regulations should be a period of less than one year. In each year starting from 2001, the governing body must ensure that the head teacher's objectives have been agreed or set before 31st December in that year.

A school teacher's objectives may be revised at any time during the appraisal cycle with the agreement of the teacher's appraiser, or in the case of a head teacher, all his appraisers.