Regulation 12 Performance management and review cycle

Subject to the following paragraphs of this regulation, the performance of every teacher at the school shall be managed and reviewed on an annual basis (“the performance management and review cycle”).

The governing body shall determine the timing of the performance management and review cycle for the head teacher and the head teacher shall determine the timing of the performance management and review cycle for the other teachers at the school.

Where a teacher is employed at the school on a fixed term contract of less than one year, his performance shall be managed throughout the life of the contract and reviewed at the end of the contract.

Where a teacher is employed at the school part-way through a cycle, the head teacher or, in the case where the teacher is the head teacher, the governing body shall determine the length of the first cycle for that teacher, with a view to bringing his cycle into line with the cycle for other teachers at the school as soon as possible.

Where a teacher transfers to a new post within the school, whether on a temporary or permanent basis, part-way through his cycle, the head teacher or, in the case where the teacher is to be the head teacher, the governing body shall determine whether the cycle shall begin again and, if so, whether to change the reviewer or reviewers, as the case may be.

A change of reviewer or the appointment of a new external adviser or school improvement partner shall not cause the reviewee’s cycle to begin again.