(1)As soon as reasonably practicable after the end of the period to which a plan published under section 3F(1) relates, each education authority must prepare and publish a report setting out for that period—
(a)the steps the authority has taken with a view to reducing inequalities of outcome for pupils of a type mentioned in section 3A(2),
(b)the steps the authority has taken to comply with the duties imposed on it by section 3B(3),
(c)any steps the authority has taken in pursuance of the National Improvement Framework, and
(d)any educational benefits for pupils that the authority considers result from taking those steps.
(2)A report under subsection (1) may also include information on steps taken, with a view to reducing inequalities of outcome for pupils of a type mentioned in section 3A(2), by a person other than the education authority which were included in the children's services plan for the authority's area.
(3) In subsection (2), “ children's services plan ” has the meaning given by section 8(2) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014.
(4)As soon as reasonably practicable after publishing a report, an education authority must give a copy of it to the Scottish Ministers.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 3E-3I inserted (1.8.2016 for specified purposes, 1.12.2016 for insertion of ss. 3E, 3G so far as not already in force, 1.8.2017 in so far as not already in force) by Education (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 8), ss. 3(2), 33(2); S.S.I. 2016/192, reg. 2, sch.; S.S.I. 2017/164, reg. 2, sch.