PART 2STANDARDS
CHAPTER 1C3C2C5C1C4C7C6INTERVENTION IN CONDUCT OF MAINTAINED SCHOOLS
Pt. 2 Ch. 1 modified by 2002 c. 32, s. 34(7) (as amended) (20.2.2014) by School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 1), s. 100(4), Sch. 5 para. 6(2); S.I. 2014/178, art. 2(f) (with art. 3)
Pt. 2 Ch. 1 excluded by 2010 c. 15, s. 87(4) (as inserted (20.2.2014) by School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 1), s. 100(4), Sch. 5 para. 11(3); S.I. 2014/178, art. 2(f) (with art. 3))
Pt. 2 Ch. 1 modified by 1998 c. 30, s. 19(12) (as substituted (20.2.2014) by School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 1), s. 100(4), Sch. 5 para. 3; S.I. 2014/178, art. 2(f) (with art. 3))
Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (with modifications) by 2010 c. 15, s. 87(3)(a) (as inserted (20.2.2014) by School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 1), s. 100(4), Sch. 5 para. 11(3); S.I. 2014/178, art. 2(f) (with art. 3))
Pt. 2 Ch. 1 modified by 1988 c. 40, s. 219(3A) (as inserted (W.) (20.2.2014) by School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 1), s. 100(4), Sch. 5 para. 1(3); S.I. 2014/178, art. 2(f) (with art. 3))
Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (with modifications) by 1998 c. 31, s. 89C(2)(a) (as substituted (20.2.2014) by School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 1), s. 100(4), Sch. 5 para. 4(5); S.I. 2014/178, art. 2(f) (with art. 3))
Intervention by the Welsh Ministers
I1C3C2C5C1C4C710C3C2C5C1C4C7Warning notice
1
The Welsh Ministers may give a warning notice to the governing body of a maintained school if—
a
they are satisfied that one or more of grounds 1 to 6 exist in relation to the school, and
b
the local authority that maintains the school either—
i
has not given a warning notice to the governing body under section 3 on one or more of those grounds, or
ii
has given a warning notice, but in terms that are inadequate in the opinion of the Welsh Ministers.
2
The Welsh Ministers must specify each of the following in the warning notice—
a
the grounds for intervention;
b
the reasons why they are satisfied that the grounds exist;
c
the action they require the governing body to take in order to deal with the grounds for intervention;
d
the period within which the action is to be taken by the governing body (“the compliance period”);
e
the action they are minded to take if the governing body fails to take the required action.
3
If the Welsh Ministers give a warning notice to the governing body of a school, they must at the same time as they give the warning notice to the governing body give a copy of the warning notice to—
a
the local authority;
b
the head teacher;
c
if the school is a foundation or voluntary school—
i
the person who appoints the foundation governors, and
ii
if the school has a religious character, the appropriate religious body.
Pt. 2 Ch. 1 power to modify conferred by 2011 nawm 7 s. 18(1)(a) (as substituted (20.2.2014) by School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 1), s. 100(4), Sch. 5 para. 13(3)(a); S.I. 2014/178, art. 2(f) (with art. 3))