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Explanatory note

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These Regulations consolidate, with amendments, the Education (School Inspection) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 1993, as amended by the Education (School Inspection) (Wales) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 1993, the Education (School Inspection) (Wales) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and the Education (School Inspection) (Wales) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 1997.

Minor and drafting amendments apart, the main change made by these Regulations is that a six-yearly cycle will now apply for all inspections under sections 10 and 23 of the School Inspections Act 1996. This replaces the five-yearly cycle under the 1993 Regulations. The first inspections must take place before 1st September 2004, in the case of a secondary school, or before 1st September 2005, in any other case—see regulations 4 and 12.