# The Education Development Plans (England) Regulations 1999, Regulation 11: Priorities for school improvement


(1) The statement of proposals contained in the first plan shall set out the priorities identified by the local education authority in each of the financial years beginning in 1999, 2000 and 2001 for raising the standards of education provided for children in the authority’s area and for improving the performance of schools maintained by the authority.
(2) In setting out those priorities in the statement of proposals, the authority shall specify in the statement of proposals on what basis each of the priorities was identified and how each priority will contribute to achieving the targets referred to in regulations 6 to 9.
(3) The statement of proposals contained in the first plan shall–
(a) list the activities the authority propose to undertake in the financial year beginning in 1999 to address each of the priorities identified in the statement of proposals in accordance with paragraph (1), and
(b) indicate the activities the authority propose to undertake to address those priorities in the financial years beginning in 2000 and 2001.
(4) If a local education authority’s priorities set out in the first plan, in accordance with paragraph (1), do not include the provision of support for schools causing concern, the first plan shall contain a statement setting out how the authority intend to support such schools in the period beginning on 1st April 1999 and ending immediately before 1st April 2002.
(5) In this regulation, “schools causing concern” means any school to which section 15 of the 1998 Act applies by virtue of subsection (1), (4) or (6) of that section.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/138/regulation/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-development-plans-england-regulations-1999/regulation-11
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