Article 6 School Teachers' Pay and Conditions

After paragraph 51.8A there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“51.8B

Advanced skills teacher assessment

51.8B.1

where requested by him to do so, completing under paragraph 31B.3.2 the application for a certificate of eligibility for appointment to an advanced skills teacher’s post of a teacher at the school or a teacher who was last employed at the school;

51.8B.2

where requested by him to do so, providing assistance to an assessor in relation to advanced skills teacher assessments at the school;

51.8B.3

the professional duties of a head teacher under paragraph 58.8B shall not be delegated to a deputy or assistant head teacher, although pursuant to paragraph 53.3 they may be exercised by a deputy head teacher in the head teacher’s absence from the school;”.