1(1)Paragraphs 2 to 7 apply to a maintained school (within the meaning given by section 20(7) of the [1998 c. 31.] School Standards and Framework Act 1998) which—
(a)provides full-time education suitable to the requirements of pupils over compulsory school age, and
(b)provides full-time education suitable to the requirements of pupils of compulsory school age.
(2)For the purposes of those paragraphs a school has an inadequate sixth-form if—
(a)the school is failing or likely to fail to give pupils over compulsory school-age an acceptable standard of education, or
(b)the school has significant weaknesses in one or more areas of its activities for pupils over compulsory school age.