{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teacher-appraisal-england-regulations-2001/regulation-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teacher-appraisal-england-regulations-2001/regulation-10.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/2855",
  "legislation_title": "Education (School Teacher Appraisal) (England) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teacher-appraisal-england-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "The appraisal cycle",
  "text": "(1) If a teacher moves to a post in another school or to a new post as a head teacher, the appraisal cycle shall begin again.\n(2) 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.\n(3) If a teacher other than a head teacher moves to a new post in the same school the head teacher may determine that the appraisal cycle shall begin again.\n(4) If a teacher becomes an acting head teacher the governing body may determine that—\n(a) the appraisal cycle shall begin again; and\n(b) the teacher shall be appraised as a head teacher.\n(5) Where a teacher’s appraisal cycle begins again under paragraph (1), (3) or (4)(a), the head teacher or the governing body may determine that the length of the teacher’s first appraisal cycle in his new post shall be a period of less than one year.\n(6) Where the teacher is employed under short fixed term contract the length of the appraisal cycle shall be the term of the contract.\n(7) In the case of the first appraisal cycle under these Regulations of a school teacher other than a head teacher, the head teacher may determine that the length of the cycle shall be a period of not less than nine months and not exceeding 18 months.\n(8) The appointment of a new appraiser or new external adviser shall not cause a teacher’s appraisal cycle to begin again.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/2855/regulation/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:30:55.201264+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}