The Independent Educational Provision in England (Inspection Fees and Savings Provisions) Regulations 2019

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Independent Educational Provision in England (Inspection Fees and Savings Provisions) Regulations 2019 and come into force on 1st July 2019.

(2) In these Regulations—

“the 2008 Act” means the Education and Skills Act 2008;

“the independent school standards” means—

(a)

standards prescribed by the Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014(1); or

(b)

in relation to early years provision for children who have attained the age of two, the Early Years Foundation Stage within the meaning of section 39 of the Childcare Act 2006(2);

“progress monitoring inspection” means an inspection of a relevant institution by the Chief Inspector(3) which is prompted by evidence from an earlier inspection that one or more of the independent school standards is or are not being met in relation to that institution;

“pupil” has the meaning given in section 3 of the Education Act 1996 (definition of pupil etc.)(4);

“relevant date” means 1st July 2019;

“relevant institution” means an institution to which section 111 of the 2008 Act (fees for inspections by the Chief Inspector under Chapter 1 of Part 4)(5) applies.

(1)

S.I. 2014/3283; amended by S.I 2018/205 and 2018/901.

(2)

2006 c. 21. See section 138 of the 2008 Act for the definition of “early years provision”. For the purposes of section 39 of the Childcare Act 2006 learning and development requirements are specified in S.I. 2007/1772 (which was amended by S.I 2012/937, 2014/913 and 2017/361); welfare requirements are specified in S.I. 2012/938 (which was amended by S.I. 2014/912, 2015/1562 and 2017/361).

(3)

See section 138 of the 2008 Act for the definition of “Chief Inspector”.

(4)

1996 c. 56; section 3 was amended by paragraph 9(2) of Schedule 7 to the Education Act 1997 (c. 44) and paragraph 34(2) and (3) of Schedule 21 to the Education Act 2002 (c. 32).

(5)

See section 111(6) of the 2008 Act for the application of that section. See section 92 for the definition of “an independent educational institution”.