# The Education (School Teachers’ Appraisal) (England) Regulations 2012, Regulation 2: Interpretation

Extent: E+W

(1) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Education Act 2002;
“appraisal period”, in relation to a teacher, means the period determined in relation to that teacher in accordance with regulation 5;
“school” means a community, voluntary, foundation, community special or foundation special school or a maintained nursery school;
“teacher” means a school teacher as defined in section 122 of the Act; and
“unattached teacher” means a teacher employed by a local authority who is—
(a) not attached to a particular school, or
(b) employed otherwise than at a school.
(2) For the purposes of these Regulations, a teacher is employed at a school if—
(a) the teacher is employed by the governing body of that school, or
(b) the teacher is employed by the local authority to work in that school.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/115/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-appraisal-england-regulations-2012/regulation-2
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