Education Act 2002 (c. 32)

Part 10 E+W Independent schools

Chapter 1 E+W Regulation of independent schools

Enforcement of standards after registration E+W

[F1 162A Power to inspect registered schools in England E+W

(1) The registration authority may at any time—

(a) require the Chief Inspector for England to inspect any registered school in England, or

(b) arrange for the inspection of any registered school in England by a body approved by the registration authority for the purposes of this subsection.

(2) The inspection of a school under this section shall relate to—

(a) such of the independent school standards as are, at the time of the inspection, specified by the registration authority for the purposes of this section in relation to any category of school into which that school falls, or

(b) if the registration authority so determines, such of the independent school standards as the registration authority may specify in relation to that school.

(3) When conducting an inspection under this section, the Chief Inspector for England shall—

(a) make a report to the registration authority on the extent to which the school meets the standard or standards to which the inspection relates, and

(b) if the registration authority so requires, arrange for the publication of the report in the prescribed manner.

(4) A report published under subsection (3) is privileged for the purposes of the law of defamation unless the publication is shown to be made with malice (but without prejudice to any privilege subsisting apart from this subsection).

(5) In this section and section 162B “the Chief Inspector for England” means Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools in England.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 162A, 162B inserted (1.9.2005 for E., 1.9.2006 for W.) by Education Act 2005 (c. 18), s. 125(4), Sch. 8 para. 2; S.I. 2005/2034, art. 4; S.I. 2006/1338, art. 3, Sch. 1