SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2 School Inspections

Part I Inspections Under Section 9

Inspection teams

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1

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.

5

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.