The Education (School Inspection) (Wales) Regulations 2006

Meeting with parents

8.  The appropriate authority, in arranging a meeting pursuant to paragraph 6(b) of Schedule 4 where a section 28 inspection is arranged, must—

(a) arrange for the meeting to take place before the time when the inspection is to begin;

(b) in selecting the time and place for the meeting, have regard to the convenience of the parents;

(c) take such steps as are reasonably practicable to give written notification at least three weeks in advance of the time when, and place where, the meeting is to be held to—

(i) the parents of registered pupils at the school and, if a registered pupil is a child who is looked after by a local authority, a person appearing to the appropriate authority to be an appropriate officer of the local authority; and

(ii) in the case of a non-maintained special school, the National Assembly or any local education authority if the Assembly or authority are paying fees in respect of the provision of education to any person at the school and a parent of that person so requests;

(d) not permit anyone to attend the meeting except—

(i) the inspector conducting the inspection and the inspection team;

(ii) any person whom the inspector conducting the inspection wishes to attend the meeting for the purpose of providing administrative support or recording what is said;

(iii) the parents of registered pupils at the school and, if a registered pupil is a child who is looked after by a local authority, a person appearing to the appropriate authority to be an appropriate officer of that local authority;

(iv) in the case of a non-maintained special school, a person appearing to the appropriate authority to be an appropriate officer of the National Assembly or any local education authority if the Assembly or authority are paying fees in respect of the provision of education to any person at the school and a parent of that person so requests; and

(v) any member of the Inspectorate monitoring the inspection under section 24(2); and

(e) arrange for the inspector conducting the inspection to have control of the meeting in all other respects.