Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc. Act 2000

7 Review of school performance S

(1) An education authority shall from time to time, after consulting such bodies as appear to the authority to be representative of teachers and parents within their area and giving such persons within that area as appear to the authority to have an interest in the matter an opportunity to make their views known, define and publish, as respects quality of education provided, measures and standards of performance for the schools managed by them; and different measures and standards may be so defined for different categories of such schools.

[F1 (1A) In defining measures and standards of performance for the purposes of subsection (1), an education authority must take into account—

(a) the National Improvement Framework, and

(b) the plan (or revised plan) published by the authority under section 3F.]

(2) An education authority shall, as respects each school managed by them, from time to time review the quality of education which the school provides; and if, having regard to the measures and standards of performance for the time being defined by them under subsection (1) above and relevant to the school, they conclude in any such review that the school is not performing satisfactorily they shall take such steps as appear to them to be requisite to remedy the matter.

[F2 (3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsections (1) and (2) above, in those subsections “ quality of education ” includes the extent to which a pupil's parents are involved in the education provided to the pupil. ]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 7(1A) inserted (1.8.2017) by Education (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 8), ss. 3(5), 33(2); S.S.I. 2017/164, reg. 2, sch.

F2 S. 7(3) added (1.8.2007) by Scottish Schools (Parental Involvement) Act 2006 (asp 8), ss. 4, 24(2); S.S.I. 2007/31, art. 2(b), Sch. 2