The appraisal cycle
8.—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, and to regulation 9, the governing body must determine the timing of the appraisal cycle for the head teacher of the school.
(2) Except as provided for in paragraph (3) and regulation 9(3) the length of an appraisal cycle shall be one year.
(3) In the case of the first appraisal cycle under these Regulations of a head teacher in post on the date on which these Regulations come into force, the governing body may detemine that the lengh of that appraisal cycle is a period other than one year provided that it ends no earlier than 30th November 2003 and no later than 31st October 2004.
(4) Once begun, appraisal cycles for every head teacher shall be continuous.
(5) The appointment of a new appraiser or external adviser shall not cause a head teacher’s appraisal cycle to begin again.