Part 1 E+WSchool inspections and other inspections by school inspectors

Chapter 2E+WProcedure for inspections under Chapter 1

Destination of reports and measures required: maintained schoolsE+W

14Destination of reports: maintained schoolsE+W

(1)The Chief Inspector must ensure that a copy of the report of any section 5 inspection of a maintained school is sent without delay to the appropriate authority for the school.

(2)The Chief Inspector must ensure that copies of the report are sent—

(a)to the head teacher of the school,

(b)to whichever of the local education authority and the governing body are not the appropriate authority,

(c)in the case of a school having foundation governors, to the person who appoints them and (if different) to the appropriate appointing authority, and

(d)in such circumstances as may be prescribed, to such other persons (if any) as may be prescribed.

(3)If the school provides full-time education suitable to the requirements of pupils over compulsory school age, the Chief Inspector must ensure that a copy of the report is also sent to the Learning and Skills Council for England.

(4)The appropriate authority must—

(a)make a copy of any report sent to the authority under subsection (1) available for inspection by members of the public at such times and at such place as may be reasonable,

(b)provide a copy of the report, 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 registered parent of a registered pupil at the school receives a copy of the report within such period following receipt of the report by the authority as may be prescribed.

15Measures to be taken by local education authorityE+W

(1)This section applies where, in a report of a section 5 inspection of a maintained school, the Chief Inspector stated either—

(a)that in his opinion special measures were required to be taken in relation to the school, or

(b)that in his opinion the school required significant improvement.

(2)The local education authority must—

(a)prepare a written statement of any action they propose to take in the light of the report, and the period within which they propose to take such action, or, if they do not propose to take such action, of their reasons for not doing so, and

(b)send a copy of the statement prepared under paragraph (a) to the Chief Inspector and, in the case of a voluntary aided school—

(i)to the person who appoints the foundation governors, and

(ii)(if different) to the appropriate appointing authority.

(3)It is the duty of the local education authority to prepare the statement within the period allowed by this subsection, that is—

(a)such period as may be prescribed, or

(b)if—

(i)the report states that the Chief Inspector is of the opinion that special measures are required to be taken in relation to the school, and

(ii)the Secretary of State is of the opinion that the urgency of the case requires a shorter period,

such shorter period as the Secretary of State may direct;

but this subsection does not relieve the local education authority of any duty to prepare a statement which has not been performed within that period.