School Inspections Act 1996 (c. 57)
65In section 5 of the School Inspections Act 1996 (functions of the Chief Inspector in Wales), at the end insert—
“(11)This section does not apply in relation to education which is brought within the remit of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales by Part IV of the Learning and Skills Act 2000.”
66In section 6 of that Act (power of Chief Inspector to arrange for inspections in Wales), at the end insert—
“(11)An inspection of a school conducted under subsection (1) may not extend to any education of a kind brought within the remit of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales by Part IV of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 that is provided by the school.”
67(1)Section 10 of that Act (inspection of certain schools by registered inspectors) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (3) after paragraph (g) insert—
“(gg)city academies; and”.
(3)At the end of subsection (4B)(a) insert “or approved under Schedule 7 to the Learning and Skills Act 2000”.
(4)In subsection (4B)(e) for “or city college for the technology of the arts” substitute “, city college for the technology of the arts or city academy”.
(5)In subsection (8), after “education” insert—
“(aa)education which is brought within the remit of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales by Part IV of the Learning and Skills Act 2000”.
68In section 16 of that Act (destination of reports) after subsection (4) insert—
“(5)Subsection (6) applies to a report of an inspection of a school falling within section 11(2) if—
(a)the inspection was a section 10 inspection or was carried out by a member of the Inspectorate, and
(b)the school provides full-time education suitable to the requirements of pupils over compulsory school age.
(6)The person making the report shall send a copy (together with a copy of the summary, if there is one) to—
(a)the Learning and Skills Council for England, if the school is in England, or
(b)the National Council for Education and Training for Wales, if the school is in Wales.”