# School Inspections Act 1996 (repealed) 1996 c. 57 · enacted 24 July 1996 · revised to 1 April 2007 An Act to consolidate provisions of the Education (Schools) Act 1992 and Part V of the Education Act 1993, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission. PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/school-inspections-act-1996-repealed/pdf/ukpga_19960057_en.pdf ## Introductory text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part I: School Inspections ### Chapter I: SCHOOL INSPECTORS AND INSPECTIONS CARRIED OUT BY THEM ### Her Majesty’s Inspectorate for England ## 1 Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Schools in England. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Functions of the Chief Inspector for England. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Power of Chief Inspector for England to arrange for inspections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Her Majesty’s Inspectorate for Wales ## 4 Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Schools in Wales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Functions of the Chief Inspector for Wales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Power of Chief Inspector for Wales to arrange for inspections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Registered inspectors ## 7 Registration of inspectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Removal from register and imposition or variation of conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Appeals in relation to registration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Inspections by registered inspectors ## 10 Inspection of certain schools by registered inspectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: PROCEDURE FOR INSPECTIONS UNDER CHAPTER I ### Introductory ## 11 Application of provisions of Chapter II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Inspections by members of the Inspectorate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Inspections and reports: all schools ## 13 Section 10 inspections by registered inspectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Reports of inspections by members of the Inspectorate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Timing of section 10 inspections by registered inspectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Destination of reports and special measures: schools within s. 11(2) ## 16 Destination of reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16A Duty to notify where inspection shows school causing concern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Special measures by appropriate authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Additional special measures by local education authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Monitoring special measures and further inspections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Destination of reports and special measures: schools within s. 11(3) ## 20 Destination of reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Special measures by appropriate authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Monitoring special measures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter III: OTHER INSPECTIONS ### Religious education ## 23 Inspection of religious education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Local authority inspection services ## 24 Provision of inspection services by local education authorities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Power of local education authority to inspect maintained school for specific purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Miscellaneous powers and restrictions ## 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Education associations ## 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part III: General ### Inspection of computer records ## 42 Inspection of computer records for purposes of Part I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Publication of reports ## 42A Publication of inspection reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Financial provisions ## 43 Payment of fees into Consolidated Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Orders and regulations ## 45 Orders and regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Construction ## 46 Interpretation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Final provisions ## 47 Consequential amendments, repeals and transitional provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Short title, commencement and extent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: Her Majesty’s Chief Inspectors ### Chief Inspector’s other staff ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Additional inspectors ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Remuneration, pensions et ceteralaetc. ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Official seal ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Performance of functions ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Documentary evidence ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: Tribunals hearing appeals under section 9 ### Constitution of tribunals ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Procedure of tribunals ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Staff ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: Inspections under section 10 ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Selection of registered inspectors ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Inspection teams ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Enrolment of persons to act as team members ## 3A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Training for inspections ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Meeting with parents ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Rights of entry et ceteralaetc. ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Offence of obstructing inspector or inspection team ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4: Inspections of denominational education ### Construction ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Inspectors’ reports ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Action plans ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Supplementary powers ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Tenure of members ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Salaries, allowances and pensions ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Committees ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Delegation of functions ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Proceedings ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Application of seal and proof of instruments ## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 6: Consequential amendments ### Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (c.13) ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24) ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 25) ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40) ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 (c. 53) ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (c. 8) ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Nursery Education and Grant-Maintained Schools Act 1996 (c. 50) ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 7 Repeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 8: Transitional provisions ### Continuity of the law ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### New documents referring to repealed enactments ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Application of sections 2(9) and 5(9) ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### TABLE OF DERIVATIONS ## 1 Notes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/57 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/school-inspections-act-1996-repealed Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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