Once you have appointed your panel, use our step-by-step process and the templates included in it to help you complete the appraisal.
Set up a panel
Governing boards in maintained schools are required to carry out their headteacher's annual appraisal, and must follow the appraisal regulations.
Academies don't have to follow these regulations, but it's good practice, as explained in the Department for Education's model appraisal policy (page 4).
The model appraisal policy suggests you appoint a group of 2 or 3 governors to serve as appraisers (page 7).
A panel with 3 governors is ideal as this allows for a good balance of views, as well as leaving enough governors outside of the process to hear an appeal if necessary.
Decide who to appoint
External adviser
Maintained schools appoint an external adviser to support and guide the panel through the appraisal process. This is set out in the legislation linked above.
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