SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 9E+WFurther amendments relating to school inspection

School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31)E+W

14(1)Section 14 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (powers of intervention exercisable by LEAs) is amended as follows.E+W

(2)In subsections (1)(b) and (3), for “with serious weaknesses” substitute “ requiring significant improvement ”.

(3)For subsection (4) substitute—

“(4)In this Chapter—

(a)“Chief Inspector” means—

(i)in relation to a school in England, Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools in England, and

(ii)in relation to a school in Wales, Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales,

(b)“member of the Inspectorate”, in relation to an inspection of a school in Wales, has the meaning given by section 43 of the Education Act 2005,

(c)references to special measures being, or not being, required to be taken in relation to a school are to be read in accordance with section 44(1) of that Act, and

(d)references to a school requiring, or not requiring, significant improvement are to be read in accordance with section 44(2) of that Act.”

15(1)Section 15 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (cases where LEA may exercise powers of intervention) is amended as follows.E+W

(2)For subsection (4) substitute—

“(4)This section applies to a maintained school by virtue of this subsection if—

(a)following an inspection of the school under Chapter 1 or 3 of Part 1 of the Education Act 2005, the Chief Inspector—

(i)in the case of a school in England, has given the Secretary of State a notice under subsection (3)(a) of section 13 of that Act in a case falling within subsection (1)(b) of that section (school requiring significant improvement), or

(ii)in the case of a school in Wales, has given the National Assembly for Wales a notice under subsection (2) of section 37 of that Act in a case falling within subsection (1)(a)(ii) or (b)(ii) of that section (school requiring significant improvement), and

(b)where any subsequent inspection of the school has been made under Chapter 1 or 3 of Part 1 of that Act, the notice has not been superseded by—

(i)the person making the subsequent inspection making a report stating that in his opinion the school no longer requires significant improvement, or

(ii)the Chief Inspector giving the Secretary of State or the Assembly a notice under section 13(3)(a) or 37(2) of that Act in a case falling within section 13(1)(a) or 37(1)(a)(i) or (1)(b)(i) (school requiring special measures).”

(3)Omit subsection (5).

(4)For subsection (6) substitute—

“(6)This section applies to a maintained school by virtue of this subsection if—

(a)following an inspection of the school under Chapter 1 or 3 of Part 1 of the Education Act 2005, the Chief Inspector—

(i)in the case of a school in England, has given the Secretary of State a notice under subsection (3)(a) of section 13 of that Act in a case falling within subsection (1)(a) of that section (school requiring special measures), or

(ii)in the case of a school in Wales, has given the National Assembly for Wales a notice under subsection (2) of section 37 of that Act in a case falling with subsection (1)(a)(i) or (b)(i) of that section (school requiring special measures), and

(b)where any subsequent inspection of the school has been made under Chapter 1 or 3 of Part 1 of that Act, the person making it did not state that in his opinion special measures were not required to be taken in relation to the school.”

16(1)Section 16 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (power of LEA to appoint additional governors) is amended as follows.E+W

(2)In subsection (3)—

(a)for “with serious weaknesses” substitute “ requiring significant improvement ”, and

(b)for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)the Chief Inspector has given the local education authority a notice under section 13(3)(a) or 37(2) of the Education Act 2005”.

(3)In subsection (9)(a), for “section 16A(2) of the School Inspections Act 1996” substitute “ section 13(3)(a) or 37(2) of the Education Act 2005 ”.

17E+WIn section 16A of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (power of LEA to provide for governing body to consist of interim executive members), in subsection (2)—

(a)for “with serious weaknesses” substitute “ requiring significant improvement ”, and

(b)for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)the Chief Inspector has given the local education authority a notice under section 13(3)(a) or 37(2) of the Education Act 2005, and”.

18E+WIn section 17 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (power of LEA to suspend right to delegated budget), in subsection (3)—

(a)for “with serious weaknesses” substitute “ requiring significant improvement ”, and

(b)for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)the Chief Inspector has given the local education authority a notice under section 13(3)(a) or 37(2) of the Education Act 2005, and”.

19E+WIn section 18 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (power of Secretary of State to appoint additional governors), in subsection (1)(a), for “with serious weaknesses” substitute “ requiring significant improvement ”.

20E+WIn section 18A of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (power of Secretary of State to provide for governing body to consist of interim executive members), in subsection (1)(a), for “with serious weaknesses” substitute “ requiring significant improvement ”.

21In section 127 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (code of practice for securing effective relationships between local education authorities and maintained schools), in subsection (6)—

(a)omit paragraph (l), and

(b)after paragraph (q) insert—

“(r)section 51 of the Education Act 2005 (power of local education authority to inspect school for specific purpose),”.