# The School Teacher Appraisal (Wales) Regulations 2002, Regulation 7: Appointment of appraisers and external adviser


(1) The governing body of a school must appoint as appraisers of a head teacher two or three governors, at least one of whom must be a foundation governor of the school if it is a school which has a religious character or a voluntary aided school which does not have a religious character.
(2) The governing body may appoint a new appraiser in place of any existing appraiser at any time.
(3) No governor who is a teacher or other member of staff at the school may be appointed as an appraiser of the head teacher.
(4) The governing body of a school must also appoint an external adviser in relation to the appraisal of a headteacher.
(5) The governing body may appoint a new external adviser in place of an existing external adviser at any time.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2002/1394/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/school-teacher-appraisal-wales-regulations-2002/regulation-7
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