SCHEDULES

F3SCHEDULE 26 Inspection of nursery education

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Sch. 26 para. 8(4)-(5B) substituted (2.9.2002 for E., 1.9.2004 for W.) for Sch. 26 para. 8(4)(5) by Education Act 2002 (c. 32), s. 216(4), Sch. 14 para. 2(3) (with ss. 210(8), 214(4)); S.I. 2002/2002, art. 4; S.I. 2004/1728, art. 5, Sch. Pt. 2

Registration of nursery education inspectors F6for Wales

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Words in Sch. 26 para. 8 heading inserted (3.10.2005 for E.) by Education Act 2005 (c. 18), s. 125(4), Sch. 7 para. 13 (with s. 119); S.I. 2005/2034, art. 6

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F7Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Schools in England shall establish and maintain a register of nursery education inspectors for England andF1Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales or Prif Arolygydd Ei Mawrhydi dros Addysg a Hyfforddiant yng Nghymrushall establish and maintain a register of nursery education inspectors for Wales.

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The Chief Inspector F8for Wales —

a

shall give guidance to registered F10Welsh nursery education inspectors and such other persons as he considers appropriate in connection with inspections under paragraph F96F96B and the making of reports of such inspections, and

b

shall keep under review the system of inspections under paragraph F96F96B and, in particular, the standard of such inspections and of the reports made of them.

C13

The Chief Inspector F8for Wales shall not register a person under this paragraph unless, having regard to any conditions that he proposes to impose under sub-paragraph F2(5B), it appears to him that the person—

a

is a fit and proper person for discharging the functions of a registered F11Welsh nursery education inspector, and

b

will be capable of conducting inspections under paragraph F126F126B competently and effectively and no person shall be so registered if he falls within a category of persons prescribed for the purposes of this sub-paragraph.

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Subject to that, the Chief Inspector F8for Wales shall register such persons as he considers appropriate.

C15

The factors which the Chief Inspector F8for Wales may take into account for the purposes of sub-paragraph (4) include the extent to which there is a need for registered inspectors in any part of F13England and Wales.

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The Chief Inspector F8for Wales may require payment of a fee before registering a person under sub-paragraph (4).

5B

Registration under sub-paragraph (4) may be subject to such conditions as the Chief Inspector F8for Wales considers it appropriate to impose.

C16

Conditions imposed under sub-paragraph F4(5B) may be conditions applying generally in relation to all cases, or particular classes of case, or such conditions together with specific conditions applying in the particular case.

C17

Where a person is registered subject to conditions imposed under sub-paragraph F4(5B), he shall be taken to be authorised to act as a F14registered nursery education inspectorF14registered Welsh nursery education inspector only so far as those conditions permit.

C18

The period for which any registration is to have effect shall be determined by the Chief Inspector F8for Wales and shall be entered in the register kept by him.

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