appraising bodymeans– (a) in the case of a teacher employed at a school other than a school to which paragraph (b) refers, the local education authority, and (b) in the case of a teacher employed at a former grant-maintained or grant-maintained special school, the governing body of the school;”
former grant-maintained schoolmeans a school maintained by a local education authority which immediately before 1st September 1999 was a grant-maintained school;
former grant-maintained special schoolmeans a school maintained by a local education authority which immediately before 1st September 1999 was a grant-maintained special school;”
qualified teacherhas the same meaning as in section 218(2) of the Education Reform Act 1988;”