The Education (Inspection of Nursery Education) (Wales) Regulations 2015

Inspection reports

3.—(1) For the purposes of paragraph 13B(1) of Schedule 26 to the Act the period within which a report of an inspection under paragraph 6B of that Schedule is to be made is 45 working days from the day on which the inspection began.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph 13B(2) of Schedule 26 to the Act the authorities and persons to whom a copy of the report of an inspection under paragraph 6B of that Schedule must be sent are—

(a) in the case of nursery education provided at a school maintained by a local authority—

(i) the head teacher of the school;

(ii) the school’s governing body; and

(iii) the local authority;

(b) in the case of nursery education provided at a school having foundation governors, the person who appoints those governors;

(c) in the case of nursery education provided at an independent school—

(i) the head teacher of the school;

(ii) the proprietors of the school;

(iii) the registrar of independent schools; and

(iv) where the school is approved under section 347 of the Education Act 1996(1) (approval of independent schools providing special education), a local authority which is paying the fees in respect of the attendance of a registered pupil at the school;

(d) in the case of nursery education provided at a special school which is not maintained by a local authority—

(i) the head teacher of the school;

(ii) the proprietors of the school; and

(iii) a local authority which is paying fees in respect of the attendance of a registered pupil at the school;

(e) in the case of nursery education provided by a local authority under section 18 of the Children Act 1989(2), that local authority and the person in charge of the place at which the education is provided;

(f) in the case of nursery education provided by a person registered by a local authority under sections 20 and 22 of the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010(3), that person and the registering local authority;

(g) in the case of nursery education provided by a person who would be required to be so registered if the Act applied to the Crown, that person and the Welsh Ministers(4); and

(h) in the case of nursery education provided by a local authority at a home for children with special education needs, that local authority.

(1)

1996 c. 56.

(2)

1989 c .41.

(3)

2010 (nawm 1).

(4)

The National Assembly for Wales was established by section 1 of the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38). All the functions of the Secretary of State relevant to these Regulations are transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) and are now vested in the Welsh Ministers by virtue of paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006.