SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 16Amendments of School Inspections Act 1996
8Action plans
In 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).