{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-and-skills-act-2008/section-103",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-and-skills-act-2008/section-103.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/25",
  "legislation_title": "Education and Skills Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-and-skills-act-2008",
  "path": "section/103",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "103",
  "heading": "Inspection and report where applications made for approval",
  "text": "(1) Where an application for approval of a material change is made under section 102, the Secretary of State may direct the Chief Inspector to inspect the institution.\n(2) Where such a direction is given, the Chief Inspector must—\n(a) inspect the institution, and\n(b) make a report to the Secretary of State on the extent to which any relevant standard is likely to continue to be met in relation to the institution if the change is made.\n(3) In this section “any relevant standard” means any independent educational institution standard—\n(a) specified by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the inspection, or\n(b) considered to be relevant by the Chief Inspector in the circumstances of the case.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/21",
      "affecting_title": "Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/25/section/103",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:44.607074+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."
}