SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 2 School Inspections
Part I Inspections Under Section 9
Inspection teams
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F1Every section 9 inspection shall be conducted by a registered inspector with the assistance of a team (an “inspection team”) consisting of persons who are fit and proper persons for carrying out the inspection.
2
It shall be the duty of the registered inspector to ensure that—
a
at least one member of the inspection team is a person—
i
without personal experience in the management of any school or the provision of education in any school (otherwise than as a governor or in any other voluntary capacity); and
ii
whose primary function on the team is not that of providing financial or business expertise; and
b
no member of the inspection team falls within a category of person prescribed for the purposes of this sub-paragraph.
3
Otherwise, the composition of the inspection team shall be determined by the registered inspector, subject to his complying with any condition imposed under section 10(5)(c).
4
Any experience of a kind mentioned in sub-paragraph (2)(a) which it is reasonable to regard as insignificant, having regard to the purposes of sub-paragraph (2), may be ignored by the registered inspector.
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It shall be the duty of the registered inspector to ensure that no person takes any part in F2a section 9 inspection if he has, or has at any time had, any connection with—
a
the school in question,
b
any person who is employed at the school,
c
any person who is a member of the school’s governing body, or
d
the proprietor of the school,
of a kind which might reasonably be taken to raise doubts about his ability to act impartially in relation to that school.