SCHEDULE 17Miscellaneous amendments relating to Wales
Schools in Wales causing concern: warning notice by local education authority
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(1)
Section 15 of SSFA 1998 (cases where local education authority may exercise powers of intervention) is amended as follows.
(2)
In subsections (1)(c) and (2)(a)(i) for “either or both of sections 16 and 17” substitute “
any one or more of sections 16, 16A and 17
”
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(3)
“(3A)
For the purposes of subsection (2)(a) the standards of performance of pupils at a school are low if they are low by reference to any one or more of the following—
(a)
the standards that the pupils might in all the circumstances reasonably be expected to attain,
(b)
where relevant, the standards previously attained by them, or
(c)
the standards attained by pupils at comparable schools.”
(4)
In subsection (7), for “Part 1 of the School Inspections Act 1996” substitute “
Chapter 3 of Part 1 of the Education Act 2005
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