Education Act 2005

14Destination of reports: maintained schools
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(1)The Chief Inspector must ensure that a copy of the report of any section 5 inspection of a maintained school is sent without delay to the appropriate authority for the school.

(2)The Chief Inspector must ensure that copies of the report are sent—

(a)to the head teacher of the school,

(b)to whichever of the local education authority and the governing body are not the appropriate authority,

(c)in the case of a school having foundation governors, to the person who appoints them and (if different) to the appropriate appointing authority, and

(d)in such circumstances as may be prescribed, to such other persons (if any) as may be prescribed.

(3)If the school provides full-time education suitable to the requirements of pupils over compulsory school age, the Chief Inspector must ensure that a copy of the report is also sent to the Learning and Skills Council for England.

(4)The appropriate authority must—

(a)make a copy of any report sent to the authority under subsection (1) available for inspection by members of the public at such times and at such place as may be reasonable,

(b)provide a copy of the report, free of charge or in prescribed cases on payment of such fee as they think fit (not exceeding the cost of supply), to any person who asks for one, and

(c)take such steps as are reasonably practicable to secure that every registered parent of a registered pupil at the school receives a copy of the report within such period following receipt of the report by the authority as may be prescribed.