Part VIII Miscellaneous

Boarding schools and colleges

I1109 Inspection of schools etc. by persons authorised by Secretary of State.

1

Section 80 of the 1989 Act (inspection of children’s homes etc. by persons authorised by Secretary of State) shall be amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1), in paragraph (l), for “independent school” there shall be substituted “ school or college ”.

3

In subsection (5)—

a

in paragraph (d), at the end there shall be inserted “ or governing body of any other school ”;

b

after that paragraph there shall be inserted—

da

governing body of an institution designated under section 28 of the M1Further and Higher Education Act 1992;

db

further education corporation;

and

c

after paragraph (i) there shall be inserted—

j

person carrying on a fostering agency.

4

After subsection (12) there shall be inserted—

13

In this section—

  • “college” means an institution within the further education sector as defined in section 91 of the M2Further and Higher Education Act 1992;

  • “fostering agency” has the same meaning as in the Care Standards Act 2000;

  • “further education corporation” has the same meaning as in the M3Further and Higher Education Act 1992.