54Inspection of schools on request of managers.
Where the managers of a school other than a public school apply to the Secretary of State for an inspection of the school with a view to ascertaining its general efficiency or the efficiency of the instruction in any specified subject, and undertake to pay towards the expenses of such inspection such sum as the Secretary of State may fix, it shall be lawful for the Secretary of State to cause the school to be inspected either by one or more of His Majesty's Inspectors or by such other persons as the Secretary of State may appoint for the purpose.