Part 4Schools causing concern: England
Schools that are eligible for intervention
60AF1Teachers' pay and conditions warning notice
1
A maintained school is by virtue of this section eligible for intervention if—
a
b
the period beginning with the day on which the warning notice is given and ending with the fifteenth working day following that day (“the initial period”) has expired,
c
d
the governing body have failed to comply, or secure compliance, with the notice to the authority's satisfaction by the end of the compliance period (as defined by subsection (10)), and
e
the authority have given reasonable notice in writing to the governing body that they propose to exercise their powers under any one or more of sections 64 to 66.
2
A local authority may give a warning notice to the governing body of a maintained school where the authority are satisfied that—
a
the governing body have failed to comply with a provision of an order under section 122 of EA 2002 (teachers' pay and conditions) that applies to a teacher at the school, or
b
the governing body have failed to secure that the head teacher of the school complies with such a provision.
3
In subsection (2) references to an order under section 122 of EA 2002 include a document by reference to which provision is made in such an order.
4
For the purposes of this section a “warning notice” is a notice in writing by the local authority setting out—
a
the matters on which the conclusion mentioned in subsection (2) is based,
b
the action which they require the governing body to take in order to remedy those matters,
c
the initial period applying under subsection (1)(b), and
5
The warning notice must also inform the governing body of their right to make representations under subsection (7) during the initial period.
6
The local authority must, at the same time as giving the governing body the warning notice, give a copy of the notice to each of the following persons—
a
the head teacher of the school,
b
in the case of a Church of England school or a Roman Catholic Church school, the appropriate diocesan authority, and
c
in the case of a foundation or voluntary school, the person who appoints the foundation governors.
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10
In this section “the compliance period”, in relation to a warning notice, means—
a
in a case where the governing body does not make representations under subsection (7), the initial period mentioned in subsection (1)(b), and