PART 2STANDARDS

CHAPTER 1INTERVENTION IN CONDUCT OF MAINTAINED SCHOOLS

Intervention by a local authority

3Warning notice

(1)

If a local authority is satisfied that one or more of grounds 1 to 6 exist in relation to one of its maintained schools, the authority may give a warning notice to the governing body of the school.

(2)

The local authority must specify each of the following in the warning notice—

(a)

the grounds for intervention;

(b)

the reasons why the authority is satisfied that the grounds exist;

(c)

the action the authority requires the governing body to take in order to deal with the grounds for intervention;

(d)

the period within which the action is to be taken by the governing body (“the compliance period”);

(e)

the action the authority is minded to take if the governing body fails to take the required action.

(3)

If the local authority gives a warning notice to the governing body of a school, it must at the same time give a copy of the warning notice to—

(a)

the head teacher;

(b)

if the school is 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;

(c)

the Welsh Ministers.