15Power of local education authority to inspect maintained school for specific purpose
(1)Where—
(a)a local education authority require information about any matter in connection with a school which is maintained by them, for the purpose of enabling them to exercise any function of theirs, and
(b)it is not reasonably practicable for them to obtain it in any other manner,
they may cause an inspection of the school to be made by one or more of their officers for the purpose of obtaining that information.
(2)Any officer of a local education authority inspecting a school under this section shall have at all reasonable times a right of entry to the premises of the school.