SCHEDULES

F1SCHEDULE 7F1Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales

F1 Part I Power to publish proposals

Secondary schools

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(1)

Paragraphs 2 to 7 apply to a maintained school (within the meaning given by section 20(7) of the M1School Standards and Framework Act 1998) which—

(a)

provides full-time education suitable to the requirements of pupils over compulsory school age, and

(b)

provides full-time education suitable to the requirements of pupils of compulsory school age.

F2(2)

For the purposes of those paragraphs a school requires significant improvement in relation to its sixth form if—

(a)

the school is failing to give its pupils over compulsory school age an acceptable standard of education, or

(b)

in relation to its provision for pupils over compulsory school age, the school is performing significantly less well than it might in all the circumstances reasonably be expected to perform.

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If a person who inspects a school—

(a)

states in his report an opinion, in accordance with section F4 ... 34(7) or 35 (2) or (5) of the Education Act 2005 (school no longer requiring special measures), that special measures are not required to be taken in relation to the school, but

(b)

is of the opinion that the school requires significant improvement in relation to its sixth form,

he shall state that opinion in his report.

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F5(1)

This paragraph applies if in the course of an area inspection under F6F7... section 83 of this Act the Chief Inspector forms the opinion that a particular school F5requires significant improvement in relation to its sixth form .

(2)

The Chief Inspector shall make a report about the school stating his opinion.

F8(3)

The report shall be treated for all purposes of this Schedule and Part 1 of the Education Act 2005 (inspections) as if it were a report of an inspection of a school under section F9 ... 28 of that Act.

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(1)

Parts II and III of this Schedule shall apply in relation to a school if—

F10(a)

an opinion that it F10requires significant improvement in relation to its sixth form is stated in a report in accordance with paragraph 2, and

F11(b)

F12... the person making the report is not a member of the Inspectorate, the report also states that the Chief Inspector agrees with his opinion.

(2)

Parts II and III of this Schedule shall also apply in relation to a school if—

F13(a)

a report of an inspection under Chapter F14 ... 3 of Part 1 of the Education Act 2005 states the opinion that the school requires significant improvement in relation to its sixth form,

(b)

the next report of a kind mentioned in paragraph (a) also states that opinion,

F15(c)

F16...each report either results from an inspection by a member of the Inspectorate or states that the Chief Inspector agrees with the opinion mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b), and

(d)

neither report states the opinion that special measures are required to be taken in relation to the school.

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F17(1)

Parts II and III of this Schedule shall cease to apply in relation to a school if a report of an inspection under F17Chapter F18... 3 of Part 1 of the Education Act 2005 or F19, F18... section 83 of this Act concludes—

(a)

that special measures are required to be taken in relation to the school, or

F20(b)

that the school does not F20require significant improvement in relation to its sixth form .

F21(2)

Where F22... the person making a report is not a member of the Inspectorate, sub-paragraph (1) shall not apply unless the report states that the Chief Inspector agrees with the conclusion mentioned in that sub-paragraph.

(3)

Sub-paragraph (1) shall not prevent the continued application of Parts II and III of this Schedule in a case where proposals have been published under paragraph 16 or 20.

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F23(1)

This paragraph applies to a report of an inspection under Chapter F24 ...3 of Part 1 of the Education Act 2005 which—

(a)

states an opinion that a school requires significant improvement in relation to its sixth form, and

(b)

F25... is made by a member of the Inspectorate or states that the Chief Inspector agrees with the opinion mentioned in paragraph (a).

(2)

The person making a report to which this paragraph applies shall send a copy (together with a copy of the summary, if there is one)—

(a)

to F26... the National Assembly for Wales, and

F27(b)

if F28 ...

F28 (i)

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F28 (ii)

... the person making the report is a member of the Inspectorate,

to the appropriate authority for the school.

F29(3)

The following provisions of the Education Act 2005 shall apply (with the necessary modifications) in relation to a report to which this paragraph applies—

F30 (a)

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F30 ...

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(i)

section 38(2) (additional copies),

(ii)

section 38(4) (publication by appropriate authority),

(iii)

section 39 (action plan by appropriate authority), and

(iv)

where the F31local authority receives a copy of a report about a school the governing body of which have a delegated budget, section 40(2) and (3) (measures by F31local authority).

(4)

In the application of those provisions—

(a)

a reference to a report and summary shall be taken as a reference to a report and, if there is one, its summary, and

(b)

a reference to a summary alone shall be taken, in a case where there is no summary, as a reference to the report.

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(1)

Where a person who inspects a school is of the opinion that a school requires significant improvement in relation to its sixth form, the provisions specified in sub-paragraph (2) shall apply, with the necessary modifications, as they apply where he is of the opinion that special measures are required to be taken in relation to the school.

(2)

Those provisions are—

F33 (a)

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(b)

F33 ... F34 section 34(1) to (6) of the Education Act 2005 (registered inspectors) or, as the case requires, section 35(1) of that Act (members of the Inspectorate).

Institutions for 16-19 year olds

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Paragraphs 9 to 14 apply to a maintained school (within the meaning given by section 20(7) of the M2School Standards and Framework Act 1998) F35in Wales which—

(a)

provides full-time education suitable to the requirements of pupils over compulsory school age, and

(b)

does not provide full-time education suitable to the requirements of pupils of compulsory school age.

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(1)

This paragraph applies if in the course of an area inspection under F37F38... section 83 of this Act the Chief Inspector forms the opinion that—

(a)

special measures are required to be taken in relation to a particular school, or

F39(b)

that a particular school F39requires significant improvement in one or more areas of its activities.

(2)

The Chief Inspector shall make a report about the school stating his opinion.

F40F41(3)

The report shall be treated for all purposes of this Schedule and the F41Part 1 of the Education Act 2005 as if it were the report of an inspection of a school under F40section F42... 28 of that Act.

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F43(1)

Parts 2 and 3 of this Schedule shall apply—

F44F44 ...

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F44F44 ...

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F44 ...

F44 ... if—

(i)

a report of an inspection of the school made under Chapter 3 of Part 1 of the Education Act 2005 states in accordance with section 34(7) or 35(5) an opinion that special measures are not required to be taken in relation to the school,

(ii)

the report also states in accordance with section 34(6) or 35(4) an opinion that the school requires significant improvement, and

(iii)

where the person making the report is not a member of the Inspectorate, the report also states that the Chief Inspector agrees with his opinion.

(2)

Parts II and III of this Schedule shall also apply in relation to a school if—

F45(a)

a report of an inspection under Chapter F44 ... 3 of Part 1 of the Education Act 2005 states that special measures are required to be taken in relation to the school or that the school requires significant improvement,

(b)

the next report of a kind mentioned in paragraph (a) also states an opinion of a kind mentioned in that paragraph, and

F46(c)

F47... each report either results from an inspection by a member of the Inspectorate or states that the Chief Inspector agrees with the opinion mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b).

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F48(1)

Parts II and III of this Schedule shall cease to apply in relation to a school if a report of an inspection under F48Chapter F49... 3 of Part 1 of the Education Act 2005 or F50, F49... section 83 of this Act states—

(a)

that special measures are not required to be taken in relation to the school, or

F51(b)

that the school does not F51require significant improvement in one or more areas of its activities.

F52(2)

Where F53... the person making a report is not a member of the Inspectorate, sub-paragraph (1) shall not apply unless the report states that the Chief Inspector agrees with the conclusion mentioned in that sub-paragraph.

(3)

Sub-paragraph (1) shall not prevent the continued application of Parts II and III of this Schedule in a case where proposals have been published under paragraph F54... 28.

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