C4C5C1C2C3Part 1School inspections and other inspections by school inspectors

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Pt. 1 applied (with modifications) (W.) (23.4.2007) by The Education (Pupil Referral Units) (Application of Enactments) (Wales) Regulations 2007(S.I. 2007/1069), reg. 3, {Sch. 1 para. 11}

Chapter 6Other inspections: England and Wales

Inspection of careers services in Wales

57Inspections under sections 55 and 56: further provisions

1

This section applies to any inspection under section 55 or 56.

2

The inspection must be conducted by one or more of the following—

a

any of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Education and Training in Wales, or

b

any additional inspector authorised under paragraph 2 of Schedule 2;

but such an inspector or inspectors may be assisted by such other persons (whether or not members of the Chief Inspector's staff) as the Chief Inspector thinks fit.

3

In conducting the inspection, the inspector or inspectors must act in accordance with any instructions or guidelines given from time to time by the Assembly.

4

The inspector conducting the inspection, and any person assisting him by virtue of subsection (2), have at all reasonable times—

a

a right of entry to any premises where the relevant services, or as the case requires the education, training or advisory services falling within section 56(1), are provided, and

b

a right to inspect, and take copies of, any records or other documents kept by the person being inspected, which he requires for the purposes of the inspection.

5

It is an offence intentionally to obstruct—

a

the inspector conducting the inspection, or

b

any person assisting him by virtue of subsection (2),

in the exercise of his functions in relation to the inspection.

6

A person guilty of an offence under subsection (5) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

7

Where the inspection has been completed, the Chief Inspector must—

a

prepare a written report on the inspection within a prescribed period,

b

send a copy of the report to—

i

the person inspected,

ii

the Assembly,

iii

any prescribed person, and

iv

any other person whom he considers appropriate, and

c

publish the report in the prescribed manner or, if none is prescribed, in such manner as the Chief Inspector considers appropriate.

8

Subsections (3) and (4) of section 29 (which relate to defamation) apply to the publication of a report under this section as they apply to the publication of a report under either of the provisions mentioned in subsection (2) of that section.

9

Regulations may require the person inspected to prepare a written statement in response to the report of the inspection.

10

Regulations under subsection (9) may—

a

prescribe the matters to be dealt with in the statement,

b

prescribe the period within which it must be prepared, and

c

require the person who prepared it to send copies of the statement to prescribed persons and to publish it in the prescribed manner.