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The Education (School Inspection) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009

S.I. 2009/1564 · Made 22 June 2009

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Education, England

Made 22nd June 2009

Laid before Parliament 30th June 2009

Coming into force 1st September 2009

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 5 and 48(3) of the Education Act 2005f1, the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2005 c. 18. See section 12 for the definition of “prescribed” and “regulations” for the purposes of section 5; see subsection (6) of section 48 for the definition of “prescribed” for the purposes of that section.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and application
  2. 2Amendment of Regulations
  3. 3Amendment of Regulations
  4. 4Amendment of Regulations
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and application

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Education (School Inspection) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 and come into force on 1st September 2009.

(2)

These Regulations apply to schools in England only.

2Amendment of Regulations

The Education (School Inspection) (England) Regulations 2005f1 are amended as follows.

3Amendment of Regulations

For regulation 3, substitute—

“3.

For the purposes of subsection (1)(a) of section 5 of the 2005 Act, the Chief Inspector shall inspect each school to which that section applies within 5 school years from the end of the school year in which the last inspection of the school took place.”.

4Amendment of Regulations

For regulation 10, substitute—

“10.

For the purposes of subsection (3) of section 48 of the 2005 Act, the governing body shall secure that any inspection takes place within 5 school years from the end of the school year in which the last inspection took place.”.

Signature

Vernon Coaker

Minister of State

Department for Children, Schools and Families

22nd June 2009

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These regulations amend the Education (School Inspection) (England) Regulations 2005. Regulation 3 extends the maximum interval between school inspections under section 5 of the Education Act 2005 from 3 years to 5 years. A similar amendment is made for the inspection of denominational education and collective worship in schools designated as having a religious character under section 69(3) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (regulation 4).