PART 2

REGISTRATION AND REGULATION OF TERTIARY EDUCATION PROVIDERS
CHAPTER 2

QUALITY ASSURANCE AND IMPROVING QUALITY

Inspection of further education or training etc.

Duty of the Chief Inspector to inspect and report
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1
The Chief Inspector must inspect—
a
further education or training funded or otherwise secured by the Commission;
b
further education or training funded or otherwise secured by the Welsh Ministers;
c
further education or training funded by a local authority;
d
further education or training where the Commission or a local authority is contemplating giving funding to the provider of the further education or training;
e
education or training provided for persons of compulsory school age by a tertiary education provider in Wales that is an institution within the further education sector or the higher education sector;
f
education or training provided in Wales and specified by the Welsh Ministers in regulations (if any).
2
Paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection (1) do not apply to—
a
education of a kind that may or must be inspected under Part 1 of the Education Act 2005 (c. 18) (school inspections), or
b
if the funding mentioned in those paragraphs is given for a specific purpose, education or training at which that support is not directed.
3
The Chief Inspector must publish a report of each inspection carried out under this section including views on—
a
the quality of the education or training inspected,
b
the standards achieved by those receiving that education or training, and
c
whether the financial resources made available to the provider of the education or training are managed efficiently and used in a way which provides value for money.
4
The Welsh Ministers may, by regulations,—
a
require inspections under subsection (1) (except paragraph (d)) to be conducted at intervals specified in the regulations;
b
require reports under subsection (3) to be made before the end of a period specified in the regulations.
5
Before making regulations under this section the Welsh Ministers must consult—
a
the Commission;
b
the Chief Inspector.
S. 57 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 148(2)
S. 57 in force at 4.9.2023 for specified purposes by S.I. 2023/919, art. 3(bb)