The Coasting Schools (England) Regulations 2022

Coasting schools

4.—(1) A school is coasting(1) for the purposes of section 60B(1) of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 where paragraph (2), (3), (4) or (5) applies in relation to the school.

(2) This paragraph applies in relation to a school (“school A”) where school A—

(a) has had two or more section 5 inspections;

(b) at its most recent section 5 inspection, was awarded by the Chief Inspector a grade of “requires improvement” for the quality of education provided in that school; and

(c) in the section 5 inspection that took place before the inspection referred to in sub-paragraph (b), was awarded by the Chief Inspector a grade of “requires improvement”, “satisfactory” or “inadequate” for the quality of education provided in that school.

(3) This paragraph applies in relation to a school (“school B”) where school B—

(a) has had only one section 5 inspection;

(b) in that inspection was awarded by the Chief Inspector a grade of “requires improvement” for the quality of education provided in that school;

(c) has one predecessor school; and

(d) in the last section 5 inspection of the predecessor school, the predecessor school was awarded by the Chief Inspector a grade of “requires improvement”, “satisfactory” or “inadequate” for the quality of education provided in that school.

(4) This paragraph applies in relation to a school (“school C”) where school C—

(a) has had only one section 5 inspection;

(b) in that inspection was awarded by the Chief Inspector a grade of “requires improvement” for the quality of education provided in that school;

(c) has two or more predecessor schools; and

(d) in the most recent section 5 inspection of each of those predecessor schools, each predecessor school was awarded by the Chief Inspector a grade of “requires improvement”, “satisfactory” or “inadequate” for the quality of education provided in that school.

(5) This paragraph applies in relation to a school (“school D”)—

(a) where school D is in a chain;

(b) where school D has had only one section 5 inspection;

(c) in that inspection was awarded by the Chief Inspector a grade of “requires improvement” for the quality of education provided in that school;

(d) where its predecessor school has not been subject to a section 5 inspection; and

(e) in the most recent section 5 inspection of a relevant school, that school was awarded by the Chief Inspector a grade of “requires improvement”, “satisfactory” or “inadequate” for the quality of education provided in the school.

(6) For the purposes of this regulation, a predecessor school is a school that—

(a) has been discontinued; and

(b) upon discontinuation was replaced by school B, school C or school D.

(7) For the purposes of paragraph (5), school D is in a chain since—

(a) it has one predecessor school; and

(b) the predecessor school replaced at least one relevant school.

(8) For the purpose of construing paragraph (7), “relevant school” means a school in the chain other than school D or its predecessor school.

(9) In this regulation a “section 5 inspection” means an inspection under section 5 of the Education Act 2005(2).

(1)

By virtue of section 2B(6) of the Academies Act 2010 (c. 32), the definition of “coasting” applies in respect of academies as it does in respect of maintained schools.

(2)

2005 c. 18. Section 5 has been amended by paragraph 23 of Schedule 7 to the Education and Inspections Act 2006, paragraph 17 of Schedule 2 to the Academies Act 2010 (c. 32), and sections 40(2) and 41(1) of, and paragraph 15(2) of Schedule 13 to, the 2011 Act.