Regulation 7 Performance management policy

(1)

The governing body shall establish a written policy (“the performance management policy”) setting out how the performance of teachers at the school is to be managed and reviewed.

(2)

The governing body shall formulate the performance management policy or direct the head teacher to formulate the policy.

(3)

Where the head teacher formulates the policy, the governing body may modify it before adopting it or reject it.

(4)

Where the governing body rejects the performance management policy formulated by the head teacher, it shall formulate the policy itself.

(5)

The governing body shall review the performance management policy every school year.

(6)

Following such review, the governing body shall, if it sees fit, revise the performance management policy.

(7)

Before establishing or revising the performance management policy, the governing body or, if the governing body so directs, the head teacher shall—

(a)

consult all teachers at the school; and

(b)

seek to agree the policy or any revision to it with the recognised trade unions, having regard to the results of the consultation of all teachers.

(8)

The governing body and the head teacher shall implement the performance management policy.

(9)

The performance management policy shall—

(a)

state what results the policy is intended to achieve and how these will be measured;

(b)

show how the school’s arrangements for school teacher performance management link with those for school improvement, school self-evaluation and school development planning;

(c)

show how the school will seek to achieve consistency of treatment and fairness between those teachers with similar experience or levels of responsibility;

(d)

set out the timing of the cycle;

(e)

include a classroom observation protocol;

(f)

provide for performance management training to be made available as the need arises;

(g)

state the arrangements for monitoring and evaluating the policy; and

(h)

specify any ancillary or supplementary procedures necessary for the operation of performance management of teachers at the school in accordance with these Regulations.