School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013

33 Power to issue school improvement guidance

(1) The Welsh Ministers may issue guidance to a school authority on how the authority should exercise its functions with a view to improving the standard of education provided by any maintained school in respect of which the authority exercises functions (“school improvement guidance”).

(2) The Welsh Ministers—

(a) may issue school improvement guidance to school authorities generally or to one or more particular authorities;

(b) may issue different school improvement guidance to different school authorities;

(c) may revise or revoke school improvement guidance by further guidance;

(d) may revoke school improvement guidance by issuing a notice to the school authorities to which it is directed.

(3) The Welsh Ministers must ensure that school improvement guidance, or a notice revoking such guidance, states—

(a) that it is issued under this section, and

(b) the date on which it is to take effect.

(4) The Welsh Ministers must arrange for school improvement guidance, or a notice revoking such guidance, to be published.