PART 2STANDARDS
CHAPTER 1INTERVENTION IN CONDUCT OF MAINTAINED SCHOOLS
Intervention by the Welsh Ministers
16Power of Welsh Ministers to direct closure of school
1
This section applies if the Welsh Ministers have the power to intervene in the conduct of a maintained school on the basis of ground 8 (school requiring special measures).
2
The Welsh Ministers may give a direction to the local authority requiring the school to be discontinued on a date specified in the direction.
3
Before giving a direction under subsection (2), the Welsh Ministers must consult—
a
the local authority that maintains the school,
b
the governing body of the school,
c
in the case of a foundation or voluntary school—
i
the person who appoints the foundation governors, and
ii
if the school has a religious character, the appropriate religious body, and
d
any other persons the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate.
4
On giving a direction to discontinue the school, the Welsh Ministers must also give notice in writing of the direction to the governing body of the school and its head teacher.
5
Where the local authority is given a direction under subsection (2), it must discontinue the school in question on the date specified in the direction; and nothing in Part 3 applies to the discontinuance of the school under this section.
6
In this section any reference to the discontinuance of a maintained school is to the local authority ceasing to maintain it.