In these Regulations—

• “appraisal statement” means an appraisal statement prepared under regulation 14 in respect of a school teacher;

• “external adviser” means a person appointed as such by a school governing body being one of the persons on a list of advisers in relation to the appraisal of head teachers maintained by the Secretary of State;

• “school” means a community, voluntary, foundation, community special, or foundation special school;

• “school day”, in relation to a school, means any day on which at that school there is a school session;

• “school teacher” means a teacher employed at one or two schools by a local education authority or by the governing body of a foundation, voluntary aided or foundation special school, but does not include a teacher employed under a fixed term contract of employment the term of which is less than one year; and

• “school which has a religious character” means a foundation or voluntary school designated as a school having such a character under section 69(3) of the School Standards and Framework Act 19984.