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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teacher-appraisal-england-regulations-2001/regulation-32",
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  "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/32",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "32",
  "heading": "Teaching observation",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (3) in appraising a teacher who is not a head teacher the appraiser shall observe the teacher teaching on at least one occasion.\n(2) An appraiser may not without first consulting the teacher obtain from any other person (save for a person appointed in accordance with paragraph (3)) information, whether written or oral, relevant to the teacher’s performance.\n(3) Any observation of a teacher may be undertaken by a suitably experienced person, appointed by the appraiser, who shall provide a report to the appraiser and feedback to the teacher.",
  "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/32",
    "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."
}