Education Act 2002

Action plansE+W

8In section 17 of that Act (special measures by appropriate authority)—

(a)in subsection (3) (persons to whom action plan must be sent), at the beginning there is inserted “Subject to subsection (3A),”; and

(b)after that subsection there is inserted—

“(3A)Where the report in question is a report of a section 10 inspection of the school, subsection (3)(a) does not require a copy of the statement to be sent to the Chief Inspector unless the report states that the person making it is of the opinion—

(a)that special measures are required to be taken in relation to the school; or

(b)that the school had serious weaknesses (within the meaning of section 15(4) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998).”