Part 1School inspections and other inspections by school inspectors

Chapter 5Schools causing concern

F1Sixth forms requiring significant improvement in Wales

44DCopies of report and action plan

(1)

This section applies to a report of an inspection under Chapter 3 which—

(a)

states an opinion that a school requires significant improvement in relation to its sixth form, and

(b)

is made by a member of the Inspectorate or states that the Chief Inspector agrees with the opinion.

(2)

The person making the report must send a copy (together with a copy of the summary, if there is one)—

(a)

to the Welsh Ministers, and

(b)

if the person making the report is a member of the Inspectorate, to the appropriate authority for the school.

(3)

The following provisions apply (with the necessary modifications) in relation to a report to which this F2section applies—

(a)

section F338(3) (additional copies),

(b)

section 38(4) (publication by appropriate authority),

(c)

section 39 (action plan by appropriate authority), and

(d)

where the local authority receives a copy of a report about a school the governing body of which have a delegated budget, section 40(2) and (3) (measures by local authority).

(4)

In the application of those provisions—

(a)

a reference to a report and summary is to be taken as a reference to a report and, if there is one, its summary, and

(b)

a reference to a summary alone is to be taken, in a case where there is no summary, as a reference to the report.