Regulation 4 Interpretation of Part II

In this Part—

• “appraisal statement” means an appraisal statement prepared under regulation 16 in respect of a teacher;

• “external adviser” means a person appointed as such by a school governing body being one of the persons on a list of advisers in relation to the appraisal of head teachers maintained by the Secretary of State;

• “nursery school” means a nursery school maintained by a local education authority for which a management committee, governing body or board of governors (however described) has been constituted and which is charged with the exercise of staff management functions;

• “school” means—

  1. (a)

     a community, voluntary, foundation, community special, or foundation special school; or

  2. (b)

     a nursery school;

• “school day”, in relation to a school, means any day on which at that school there is a school session;

• “school which has a religious character” means a foundation or voluntary school designated as a school having such a character under section 69(3) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998^f1;

• “short fixed term contract” means a fixed term contract of one school term or more but less than one year; and

• “teacher” has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 3.

In the application of Part II to a teacher employed to work at a nursery school—

• “chairman of the governing body” means the chairman of the management committee, governing body or board of governors (however described) of the school;

• “governing body” means the management committee, governing body or board of governors (however described) of the school; and

• “governor” means a member of the management committee, governing body or board of governors (however described) of the school.