Regulation 2 Amendment of the Education (School Inspection) (England) Regulations 2005

(1)

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

(2)

In regulation 3 (intervals for inspection: general)—

(a)

in paragraph (3), for the words from “where” to the end substitute “where no relevant section 8 inspection is carried out subsequent to the earlier section 5 inspection”;

(b)

in paragraph (5)—

(i)

omit “the school is awarded a grade of “good” or better in the earlier section 5 inspection for the quality of education it provides, and”;

(ii)

for the words “subsequently carried out” substitute “carried out subsequent to the earlier section 5 inspection”.

(c)

in paragraph (9)—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (a), for the words from “the school” to the end substitute “the quality of education provided in the school has been maintained, has improved or has deteriorated since the earlier section 5 inspection was carried out”;

(ii)

omit sub-paragraph (b) and the “and” before it;

(3)

In regulation 3A (intervals for inspection: first inspection of certain new schools with predecessor schools: general)—

(a)

in paragraph (1)(a), for the words from “was awarded” to the end substitute “has had a section 5 inspection”;

(b)

in paragraph (4)—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (a), for the words from “the new school” to the end substitute “the quality of education provided in the new school has been maintained, has improved or has deteriorated since the most recent section 5 inspection of a predecessor school was carried out”;

(ii)

omit sub-paragraph (b) and the “and” before it.

(4)

In regulation 3B (first inspection of a school which has ceased to be an exempt school)—

(a)

in paragraph (3), for the words from “the school” to the end substitute “the quality of education provided in the school has been maintained or has deteriorated since the most recent section 5 inspection of the school or a predecessor school was carried out”;

(b)

omit paragraph (4), (5)(b) and the “and” before it, and (6).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2005/2038. Regulation 3 was substituted by S.I. 2015/170 and amended by S.I. 2021/845. Regulation 3A was inserted by S.I. 2015/1639 and amended by S.I. 2021/845. Regulation 3B was inserted by S.I. 2020/1258. There are other amendments to S.I. 2005/2038, but none are relevant.