Education Act 2005 (c. 18)

Part 1 E+W School inspections and other inspections by school inspectors

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 1 applied in part (with modifications) (1.2.2008) by Education (Pupil Referral Units) (Application of Enactments)(England) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2979), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 21

C2 Pt. 1 applied (1.4.2010) by Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c. 22), ss. 137(3), 269(4); S.I. 2010/1151, art. 2, Sch. 1 (with arts. 5-20)

C3 Pt. 1 applied in part (with modifications) (E.) (1.2.2008) by The Education (Pupil Referral Units) (Application of Enactments) (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2979), reg. 1(1), reg. 3, Sch. 1 para. 21

C4 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}

C5 Pt. 1 applied (with modifications) (E.) (1.9.2005) by The Education (Pupil Referral Units) (Application of Enactments) (England) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2039), reg. 3, Sch. 1 para. 11

Chapter 1 E+W School inspectors and school inspections: England

Inspections E+W

9 Power [F1 or duty] to treat other inspection as section 5 inspection E+W

[F2 (1)] If the Chief Inspector so elects in the case of any inspection under section F3 . . . 8 of a school to which section 5 applies, that inspection is to be treated for the purposes of section 5(1) and of Chapter 2 as if it were an inspection under section 5.

[F4 (2) In the case of an inspection of an exempt school under section 8, the Chief Inspector may elect to treat the inspection for the purposes of subsections (5) to (5B) and (7) of section 5, sections 6 and 7 and Chapter 2 as if it were an inspection under section 5.

(3) In the case of an inspection of an exempt school under section 8(1), the Secretary of State may require the Chief Inspector to treat the inspection for the purposes of subsections (5) to (5B) and (7) of section 5, sections 6 and 7 and Chapter 2 as if it were an inspection under section 5.

(4) In the case of an inspection of a school under section 8(2) which is carried out in response to a request from the appropriate authority for the school, the Chief Inspector must treat the inspection for the purposes of subsections (5) to (5B) and (7) of section 5, sections 6 and 7 and Chapter 2 as if it were an inspection under section 5.

(5) In subsection (4), “appropriate authority” has the meaning given by section 6(3).]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Pt. 1 Ch. 1 Crossheading substituted (15.11.2011) by Education Act 2011 (c. 21), ss. 40(5)(c), 82(1)(b)

F2 S. 9(1): s. 9 renumbered as s. 9(1) (15.11.2011) by Education Act 2011 (c. 21), ss. 40(5)(a), 82(1)(b)

F3 Words in s. 9 repealed (1.4.2007) by Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c. 40), ss. 157, 184, 188, Sch. 14 para. 101, Sch. 18 Pt. 5; S.I. 2007/935, art. 5(ii)

F4 S. 9(2)-(5) inserted (15.11.2011) by Education Act 2011 (c. 21), ss. 40(5)(b), 82(1)(b)