Section 23.
1In this Schedule—
“inspection” means an inspection of a school under section 23; and
“inspector” means the person conducting the inspection.
2(1)An inspection shall be carried out within such period as may be prescribed.
(2)When an inspection has been completed, the inspector shall, before the end of the prescribed period, prepare in writing a report of the inspection and a summary of the report.
(3)The inspector shall, without delay, send the report and summary to the governing body for the school concerned.
(4)The governing body shall—
(a)make any such report and its accompanying summary available for inspection by members of the public, at such times and at such a place as may be reasonable;
(b)provide a copy of the report and summary, free of charge or in prescribed cases on payment of such fee as they think fit (not exceeding the cost of supply), to any person who asks for one; and
(c)take such steps as are reasonably practicable to secure that every parent of a registered pupil at the school—
(i)for whom the school provides denominational education, or
(ii)who takes part in acts of collective worship the content of which falls to be inspected under section 23,
as the case may be, receives a copy of the summary as soon as is reasonably practicable.
3(1)The governing body to whom an inspector has reported under this Schedule shall, before the end of the prescribed period, prepare a written statement (“the action plan”) of the action which they propose to take in the light of his report and the period within which they propose to take it.
(2)Where an action plan has been prepared by a governing body, they shall, before the end of the prescribed period, send copies of it to the person who appoints the school’s foundation governors and—
(a)in the case of a voluntary school, to the local education authority, or
(b)in the case of a grant-maintained school, to the Secretary of State,
and to such other persons (if any), in such circumstances, as may be prescribed.
(3)The governing body shall—
(a)make any action plan prepared by them available for inspection by members of the public, at such times and at such a place as may be reasonable;
(b)provide a copy of the plan, free of charge or in prescribed cases on payment of such fee as they think fit (not exceeding the cost of supply), to any person who asks for one; and
(c)take such steps as are reasonably practicable to secure that every parent of a registered pupil at the school—
(i)for whom the school provides denominational education, or
(ii)who takes part in acts of collective worship the content of which falls to be inspected under section 23,
as the case may be, receives a copy of the plan as soon as is reasonably practicable.
(4)Where the governing body of a school have prepared an action plan, they shall include in their governors' report a statement of the extent to which the proposals set out in the plan have been carried into effect.
(5)In sub-paragraph (4) “governors' report” means—
(a)in the case of a voluntary school, the report referred to in section 161 of the [1996 c. 56.] Education Act 1996; and
(b)in the case of a grant-maintained school, the report referred to in paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 23 to that Act.
(6)Sub-paragraph (4) applies only in relation to the most recent action plan for the school in question.