{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1997/section-39",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1997/section-39.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/44",
  "legislation_title": "Education Act 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1997",
  "path": "section/39",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": "Reports of inspections under s. 38 and action plan by local authority",
  "text": "(1) Where an inspection under section 38 has been completed, the inspector shall make a written report on the matters reviewed in the course of the inspection, and shall send copies of the report to—\n(a) any local authority to which the inspection relates; ...\n(b) the Welsh Ministers, and\n(c) where the matters reviewed relate to further education and training within the meaning of section 144(2) to (5) of the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022, the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research.\n(2) Where a local authority receive a copy of a report under this section, they shall prepare a written statement of the action which they propose to take in the light of the report and the period within which they propose to take it.\n(3) The authority shall publish—\n(a) the report, and\n(b) the statement prepared under subsection (2),\nwithin such period, and in such manner, as may be prescribed.\n(4) The Chief Inspector may arrange for any report under this section to be published in such manner as he considers appropriate; and ... section 29(2) to (4) of the Education Act 2005 shall apply in relation to the publication of any such report as they apply in relation to the publication of a report under any of the provisions mentioned in ... section 29(2).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Act substituted (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), Sch. 2 para. 8(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 39(1)(a) omitted (1.4.2026) by virtue of Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (asc 1), s. 148(2), Sch. 4 para. 9(4)(a) (with s. 19); W.S.I. 2026/62, art. 2(ww)(vi)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 39(1)(b)(c) substituted for s. 39(1)(b) (1.4.2026) by Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (asc 1), s. 148(2), Sch. 4 para. 9(4)(b) (with s. 19); W.S.I. 2026/62, art. 2(ww)(vi)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 39(4) inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 31, s. 134(3) (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1998/2212, art. 2, Sch.1 Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 39(4) repealed (1.4.2007) by Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c. 40), s. 188(3), Sch. 14 para. 23(a), Sch. 18 Pt. 5; S.I. 2007/935, art. 5(gg)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 39(4) substituted (1.9.2005 for E., 1.9.2006 for W.) by Education Act 2005 (c. 18), s. 125(4), Sch. 9 para. 12(a); S.I. 2005/2034, art. 4; S.I. 2006/1338, art. 3, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 39(4) substituted (1.4.2007) by Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c. 40), s. 188(3), Sch. 14 para. 23(b); S.I. 2007/935, art. 5(gg)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 39(4) repealed (1.4.2007) by Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c. 40), s. 188(3), Sch. 14 para. 23(c), Sch. 18 Pt. 5; S.I. 2007/935, art. 5(gg)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in s. 39(4) substituted (1.9.2005 for E., 1.9.2006 for W.) by Education Act 2005 (c. 18), s. 125(4), Sch. 9 para. 12(b); S.I. 2005/2034, art. 4; S.I. 2006/1338, art. 3, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 39: functions of a local education authority made exercisable (E.) (1.4.2002) by authorised persons by Contracting Out (Local Education Authority Functions) (England) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/928), art. 3, Sch. 3(j)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/44/section/39",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:24:56.828684+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}