Children, Schools and Families Act 2010 (c. 26)

Part 1 E+W Children and schools

Children with special educational needs etc E+W

1 School inspections: pupils with disabilities or special educational needs E+W

In section 5 of EA 2005 (duty to inspect certain schools in England at prescribed intervals), after subsection (5) there is inserted—

“(5A) In reporting on how far the education provided in a mainstream school meets the needs of the range of pupils at the school, the Chief Inspector must in particular consider the needs of—

(a) pupils who have a disability for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010;

(b) pupils who have special educational needs.

In this subsection a “mainstream school” is a school within subsection (2)(a) or (2)(c) to (f).”

Commencement Information

I1 S. 1 in force at 1.9.2010 by S.I. 2010/1817, art. 3