PART 2STANDARDS
CHAPTER 1INTERVENTION IN CONDUCT OF MAINTAINED SCHOOLS
Intervention by a local authority
3Warning notice
1
If a local authority is satisfied that one or more of grounds 1 to 6 exist in relation to one of its maintained schools, the authority may give a warning notice to the governing body of the school.
2
The local authority must specify each of the following in the warning notice—
a
the grounds for intervention;
b
the reasons why the authority is satisfied that the grounds exist;
c
the action the authority requires the governing body to take in order to deal with the grounds for intervention;
d
the period within which the action is to be taken by the governing body (“the compliance period”);
e
the action the authority is minded to take if the governing body fails to take the required action.
3
If the local authority gives a warning notice to the governing body of a school, it must at the same time give a copy of the warning notice to—
a
the head teacher;
b
if the school is a foundation or voluntary school—
i
the person who appoints the foundation governors, and
ii
if the school has a religious character, the appropriate religious body;
c
the Welsh Ministers.