C4C1C2C3Part 1School inspections and other inspections by school inspectors

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
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Pt. 1 applied (with modifications) (W.) (23.4.2007) by The Education (Pupil Referral Units) (Application of Enactments) (Wales) Regulations 2007(S.I. 2007/1069), reg. 3, {Sch. 1 para. 11}

Chapter 7Supplementary

I159Combined reports

1

For the purposes of this section “the inspection enactments” are—

a

this Part,

b

Part 10A of the Children Act 1989 (c. 41) (child minding and day care for childrenF4in Wales ),

c

section 122 of, and Schedule 26 to, the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31) (inspection of nursery educationF6in Wales ), F7...

d

Chapter 1 of Part 10 of the Education Act 2002 (c. 32) (regulation of independent schools),F5 and

e

Chapters 2 and 3 of Part 3 of the Childcare Act 2006 (regulation of early years and later years provision in England).

2

Where, following inspections conducted under two or more inspection enactments by one person or two or more different persons, that person is (or those persons are) required to make a report under each of those enactments, nothing in any of those enactments is to be regarded as preventing him (or them) from—

a

including those reports in a single document (“a combined report”), and

b

to such extent as he considers (or they consider) appropriate, combining the substantive reports required by those enactments.

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Subsection (2) does not apply so as to authorise the making of a combined report by the Chief Inspector for England (as to which section 152 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 applies instead).

3

Where a combined report is made, any reference in the inspection enactments to the publication of a report, or to the giving, or making available, to any person of a copy of a report is to be read so far as necessary as a reference to the publication of the combined report, or to the giving or making available to that person of a copy of the combined report.

4

The Chief Inspector F2for Walesmay arrange for a combined report to be published in any manner he considers appropriate, but this subsection does not limit any duty as to publication imposed by any of the inspection enactments.

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In this section—

  • “ the Chief Inspector for England ” means Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education, Children's Services and Skills; and

  • “ the Chief Inspector for Wales ” means Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales.