Teacher appraisal: assessing performance and setting targets

Understand how performance links to pay progression and find guidance on setting objectives, identifying areas for development and collecting evidence for appraisals.

Last reviewed on 21 November 2024
School types: AllSchool phases: AllRef: 8725
Contents
  1. How teachers’ performance links to their progression
  2. Assess performance against the standards and objectives 
  3. Present evidence collected throughout the year 
  4. Identify areas for development 
  5. Leadership CPD from The Key

How teachers’ performance links to their progression

For teachers employed under the STPCD

All teachers in maintained schools, and teachers in academies whose contracts transferred at the point of academy conversion, are employed under the STPCD.

The relevant body (usually the governing board) must annually consider whether to increase the salary of teachers who have completed a year of employment since the previous annual pay determination.

You can now choose whether to retain performance-related pay. If you do, you can only withhold pay progression due to poor performance. If you don't, you can only withhold pay progression if the teacher is in capability proceedings.

This is set out in section 19 and paragraph 46.9