PART 2STANDARDS

CHAPTER 3SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT GUIDANCE

33Power to issue school improvement guidance

1

The Welsh Ministers may issue guidance to a school authority on how the authority should exercise its functions with a view to improving the standard of education provided by any maintained school in respect of which the authority exercises functions (“school improvement guidance”).

2

The Welsh Ministers—

a

may issue school improvement guidance to school authorities generally or to one or more particular authorities;

b

may issue different school improvement guidance to different school authorities;

c

may revise or revoke school improvement guidance by further guidance;

d

may revoke school improvement guidance by issuing a notice to the school authorities to which it is directed.

3

The Welsh Ministers must ensure that school improvement guidance, or a notice revoking such guidance, states—

a

that it is issued under this section, and

b

the date on which it is to take effect.

4

The Welsh Ministers must arrange for school improvement guidance, or a notice revoking such guidance, to be published.