# Education Act 2005, Section 8: Other inspections

Extent: E+W

(1) If requested to do so by the Secretary of State, the Chief Inspector must inspect and report on such school, or class of school, in England as is specified in the request.
(2) The Chief Inspector may inspect any school in England in circumstances where he is not required to do so by section 5 or subsection (1) above.
(3) If the Chief Inspector carries out an inspection of a school under subsection (2) in response to a request from the appropriate authority for the school, the Chief Inspector may charge the appropriate authority for the cost of the inspection.
(4) In subsection (3), “appropriate authority” has the meaning given by section 6(3).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/18/section/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-2005/section-8
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