Abstract
The 1996 DfEE Circular on schoolteachers' salaries reiterates the responsibility of governing bodies for setting salary levels for headteachers. In addition, for the first time it links increases to the achievement of performance targets. This paper reports some of the findings of a research project on headteacher appraisal, based on interviews with a sample of primary heads in the West Midlands. These suggest that a substantial proportion of heads and governing bodies may not yet be ready for the new regulations. The paper concludes that the new TTA proposals for headteacher development could provide a context within which heads and governors, despite the inevitable tensions in their separate roles, could work productively together for the good of all.
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