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.