211Additional special measures by local education authority
(1)This section applies in circumstances where—
(a)in a report of an inspection of a county, voluntary or maintained special school the governing body of which have a delegated budget the person who made the report expressed the opinion that special measures were required to be taken in relation to the school,
(b)either that person was a member of the Inspectorate or the report stated that the Chief Inspector agreed with his opinion, and
(c)the local education authority receive a copy of a statement prepared under section 210 of this Act in response to the report or the period prescribed for the purposes of subsection (3) of that section expires.
(2)The local education authority shall—
(a)prepare a written statement of any action they propose to take in the light of the report, and the period within which they propose to take such action, or, if they do not propose to take any such action, of their reasons for not doing so, and
(b)send a copy of the statement prepared under paragraph (a) above, together with their comments on any statement prepared under section 210 of this Act of which they have received a copy, to the Secretary of State and the Chief Inspector and, in the case of an aided or special agreement school, to the person who appoints the foundation governors and (if different) to the appropriate appointing authority.
(3)It is the duty of the local education authority to prepare the statement within the period allowed by this subsection, that is—
(a)such period as may be prescribed, or
(b)if in the case of any report the Secretary of State is of the opinion that the urgency of the case requires a shorter period, such period as the Secretary of State may direct,
but this subsection does not relieve the local education authority of any duty to prepare a statement which has not been performed within that period.