# The Education (Acquisition of Grant–maintained Status) (Transitional Functions) Regulations 1993, Regulation 4: Appointment of a prospective head teacher or deputy head teacher


(1) This regulation applies to the exercise by the new governing body of a grant maintained school of their powers to enter into a contract of employment to which this Part of these Regulations applies where the person concerned is to be employed as the head or deputy head teacher of the school.
(2) Before entering into any such contract with any person, the new governing body shall comply with the following provisions of this regulation with respect to the person’s appointment to the post of head teacher or, as the case may be, deputy head teacher.
(3) The new governing body shall advertise the vacancy in such publications circulating throughout England and Wales as they consider appropriate.
(4) The new governing body shall appoint a selection panel consisting of at least three of their members for the purpose of performing the functions conferred on the panel under paragraphs (5) and (6) below; and it shall be the duty of the new governing body to secure that the selection panel carry out the functions imposed on them under those paragraphs.
(5) The selection panel shall—
(a) interview such applicants for the post as they think fit; and
(b) where they consider that it is appropriate to do so, recommend to the new governing body for appointment one of the applicants interviewed by them.
(6) Where—
(a) the selection panel are unable to agree on a person to recommend to the new governing body of a grant–maintained school, or the new governing body do not approve their recommendation; and
(b) the new governing body (whether or not they re–advertise the vacancy in accordance with paragraph (3) above) request the panel to repeat the steps mentioned in paragraph (5) above,
the panel shall repeat the steps mentioned in that paragraph.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/3072/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-acquisition-of-grantmaintained-status-transitional-functions-regulations-1993/regulation-4
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