Interpretation2

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—

    1. a

      not attached to a particular school, or

    2. b

      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.