(1)This section applies to any school which—
(a)is situated in a member State other than the United Kingdom;
(b)provides education for pupils who are British citizens, have attained the age of five years but not the age of nineteen years and are residing in that member State;
(c)has a curriculum which, in the case of any pupil at the school, is broadly similar to the curriculum which he would follow if he were a pupil at a maintained school in England and Wales; and
(d)has such other characteristics as may be prescribed.
(2)In the case of a school to which this section applies the Secretary of State shall—
(a)on a regular basis provide the persons responsible for the management of the school with such information relating to educational developments in England and Wales as he thinks appropriate; and
(b)if those persons so request, make arrangements for inspections to be made of the school [F1by, or under the direction of, one or more of Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Schools for England].
(3)The Secretary of State shall charge the persons at whose request any inspection of a school is made under this section such fees as will cover the full cost of the inspection.
(4)In this section “maintained school” means [F2any community, foundation or voluntary school.].
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 226(2)(b) substituted (31. 8. 1992) by Education (Schools) Act 1992 (c. 38), s. 21(7), Sch. 4 para. 7; S.I. 1992/1157, art. 2, Sch. (which amendment was continued first by School Inspections Act 1996 (c. 57), ss. 47(1), 48(2), Sch. 6 para. 4 and subsequently by Education Act 2005 (c. 18), s. 125(4), Sch. 9 para. 5(1), (2)).
F2Words in s. 226(4) substituted (1.9.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 140(1), Sch. 30 para.19 (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1999/2323, art. 2(1), Sch. 1.