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.