PART 3 Provisions Applying to Unattached Teachers

27 Planning meetings
1 At the beginning of each cycle, the reviewer shall arrange a meeting with the reviewee (“the planning meeting”) to consider and determine—
(a) the reviewee’s objectives;
(b) the arrangements for observing the reviewee’s performance in the classroom, where appropriate;
(c) any other evidence which will be taken into account in judging the reviewee’s performance;
(d) the performance criteria;
(e) the support that will be provided to the reviewee to help him to meet the performance criteria;
(f) timescales for the achievement of objectives and within which support will be provided, where these differ from the length of the cycle of the reviewee; and
(g) the reviewee’s training and development needs and the actions which will be taken to address them.
2 The matters referred to in paragraph (1) shall be determined having regard to—
(a) the reviewee’s job description;
(b) any relevant pay progression criteria;
(c) any relevant objectives which the authority may have for unattached teachers generally or any relevant whole-school or team objectives specified in the School Improvement Plan for any school in which the teacher will be working;
(d) what can be reasonably expected of any teacher in that position given the desirability of the reviewee being able to achieve a satisfactory balance between the time required to discharge his professional duties and the time required to pursue his personal interests outside work;
(e) the reviewee’s professional aspirations; and
(f) the relevant professional standards.
3 The reviewee’s objectives shall be such that, if they are achieved, they will contribute to improving the progress of the pupils he teaches.
4 Only persons who have a direct professional knowledge of the reviewee may provide evidence for the purposes of paragraph (1)(c).
5 Where a joint determination cannot be made in relation to any of the matters referred to in paragraph (1), the reviewer shall make the determination.