PART 2REGISTRATION AND REGULATION OF TERTIARY EDUCATION PROVIDERS

CHAPTER 2QUALITY ASSURANCE AND IMPROVING QUALITY

Inspection of further education or training etc.

I1I257Duty of the Chief Inspector to inspect and report

1

The Chief Inspector must inspect—

a

further education or training funded or otherwise secured by the Commission;

b

further education or training funded or otherwise secured by the Welsh Ministers;

c

further education or training funded by a local authority;

d

further education or training where the Commission or a local authority is contemplating giving funding to the provider of the further education or training;

e

education or training provided for persons of compulsory school age by a tertiary education provider in Wales that is an institution within the further education sector or the higher education sector;

f

education or training provided in Wales and specified by the Welsh Ministers in regulations (if any).

2

Paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection (1) do not apply to—

a

education of a kind that may or must be inspected under Part 1 of the Education Act 2005 (c. 18) (school inspections), or

b

if the funding mentioned in those paragraphs is given for a specific purpose, education or training at which that support is not directed.

3

The Chief Inspector must publish a report of each inspection carried out under this section including views on—

a

the quality of the education or training inspected,

b

the standards achieved by those receiving that education or training, and

c

whether the financial resources made available to the provider of the education or training are managed efficiently and used in a way which provides value for money.

4

The Welsh Ministers may, by regulations,—

a

require inspections under subsection (1) (except paragraph (d)) to be conducted at intervals specified in the regulations;

b

require reports under subsection (3) to be made before the end of a period specified in the regulations.

5

Before making regulations under this section the Welsh Ministers must consult—

a

the Commission;

b

the Chief Inspector.