The Education Act 2005 (Commencement No.1 and Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2005

1.  Despite the coming into force of the repeal of the School Inspections Act 1996 as provided for in article 4 of this Order—

(a) the repeal of section 9 of and Schedule 2 to that Act shall not have effect in relation to any notice of appeal served on the tribunal before 1st September 2005;

(b) where the latest report of an inspection of a school was under that Act and identified that special measures were required to be taken in relation to that school, that report shall be treated as the report of an inspection which identified that special measures were required to be taken under Part 1 of the 2005 Act for the purposes of—

(i) section 13(4)(a) of the 2005 Act; and

(ii) sections 14 to 19 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (intervention in schools causing concern);

(c) where the latest report of an inspection of the school was under that Act and identified that the school had serious weaknesses, that report shall be treated as the report of an inspection which identified that the school required significant improvement under Part 1 of the 2005 Act for the purposes of—

(i) section 13(5)(a) of the 2005 Act; and

(ii) sections 14 to 19 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;

(d) where the latest report of an inspection was under that Act and identified that the school has an inadequate sixth form, that report shall be treated as the report of an inspection which identified that the school requires significant improvement in relation to its sixth form for the purpose of section 113 of and Schedule 7 to the 2000 Act, as amended by section 46 of and Schedule 5 to the 2005 Act.