# The Education (School Teachers' Pay and Conditions)(No. 4) Order 2000, Article 15: School Teachers' Pay and Conditions


After paragraph 51.8.5 there shall be inserted the following paragraph 51.8A—
“
51.8A
Threshold assessment
51.8A.1
assessing (subject to approval by an assessor) whether a teacher at the school who applies for a threshold assessment has passed the threshold;
51.8A.2
explaining to a teacher who makes an application for a threshold assessment the reasons for the outcome of his application and giving him advice about the aspects of his performance which would benefit from further development;
51.8A.3
where requested by him to do so providing assistance to an assessor in relation to threshold assessments at the school;
51.8A.4
the professional duties of a head teacher under paragraph 51.8A 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;
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3106/article/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-pay-and-conditionsno-4-order-2000/article-15
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