The Performance Review Cycle
The appointed governors responsible for reviewing the performance of the headteacher should develop a planning cycle for the process in which they meet the requirements to:
- Seek advice from the appointed external adviser when setting objectives and reviewing the performance of the headteacher.
- Meet with the headteacher and adviser at the start of the performance review cycle to plan and prepare for the performance review and discuss setting and recording headteacher objectives relating to school leadership and management and pupil progress.
- Meet with the headteacher and adviser at the end of the performance review cycle to review the head's performance and identify professional development needs / activities. At the conclusion of this stage, the review cycle will begin again.
- Produce a performance review statement and give a copy to the headteacher within ten days of the review meeting, allowing ten days for the headteacher to add written comments.
- Provide the headteacher and chair of the governing body with a copy of the headteacher's performance review statement.
- Provide a copy, on request, of the headteacher's performance review statement to those governors who are responsible for taking decisions in relation to pay, who should take account of this statement when making such decisions.
- Provide on request, to the Director of Education or a nominated LEA officer/adviser, a summary of the overall assessment of performance section of the review. N.B. In respect to confidentiality of the process, it is not a requirement to provide the LEA with the headteacher's objectives.