# Education (School Teacher Appraisal) (England) Regulations 2001, Regulation 4: Interpretation of Part II


(1) 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—
(a) a community, voluntary, foundation, community special, or foundation special school; or
(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;
“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.
(2) 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/2855/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teacher-appraisal-england-regulations-2001/regulation-4
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