ABSTRACT
In the light of the Conservative government’s expressed desire to see a great number of schools become grant-maintained within the lifetime of the 1992 Parliament-and thus make them an integral part of the educational system which no change of government would be able to undo-it is not surprising that specific references to these schools are built into the Regulations and Guidelines. First, and most importantly if there was not to be a chaotic stopstart in the introduction of appraisal, there had to be continuity as a school achieved grant-maintained status. §16 of the Guidelines therefore makes it clear that, when a school becomes grant-maintained, all teachers who have started the appraisal cycle will continue it without a break.
