The Education (Independent Educational Provision in England) (Inspection Fees) Regulations 2009

Fees for inspections by the Chief Inspector and time at which fees must be paid

2.—(1) The proprietor of a school must pay three fees to the Chief Inspector in respect of an inspection to which this regulation applies.

(2) A fee payable under this regulation—

(a) must be paid no later than 28 days after the Chief Inspector gives the proprietor a notification requesting payment of the fee, and

(b) may be required to be paid before the inspection to which it relates takes place.

(3) Only one fee payable under this regulation is required to be paid in any calendar year.

(4) This regulation applies in respect of an inspection of a school which takes place on or after 1st September 2009 and which is not—

(a) an initial inspection;

(b) an inspection prompted by concerns arising from a complaint about that school; or

(c) an inspection prompted by a request by the Tribunal in relation to an appeal to the Tribunal in relation to that school.

(5) An initial inspection is the first inspection of a school which takes place after the school is entered on the register.

(6) For the purposes of paragraph (5), the reference to a school being entered on the register—

(a) where the school has been entered on the register of independent schools referred to in section 158(1)(a) of the 2002 Act, is to it being entered on that register; and

(b) in any other case, is to it being entered on the register kept under section 95(1) of the 2008 Act.