Interpretation
2.—(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—
not attached to a particular school, or
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.