Headteacher's appraisal: chair of the appraisal panel

Our associate education experts David Roche and Angela Hicks, helped us to write this article.

Your role

• Prepare the panel to contribute to meetings by making sure they have access to all the paperwork and evidence before the appraisal
• Make sure the panel is actively involved
• Make sure the panel's comments are objective (the external adviser can help you do this)
• Encourage the panel to think about the headteacher’s impact
• Be mindful of your own succession planning

Make sure the appraisal process is:

• Professionally conducted
• Well integrated into the school improvement plan (SIP)
• Meaningful and challenging to the headteacher
• Taking into account the personal and professional goals of the headteacher
• Not a single meeting, but part of ongoing monitoring throughout the year

Be clear on the full step-by-step process in our article - including the statutory requirements for maintained schools. 

Use our headteacher appraisal checklist to see what needs doing at each step in the process,