Commentary Part 1: School Inspections and Other Inspections by School Inspectors Chapter 6 – Other Inspections: England and Wales Section 51: Power of LEA to inspect maintained school for specific purpose
93.This section re-enacts without any changes section 25 of SIA 1996 giving local education authorities, for the specific purposes set out in subsection (1), the power to conduct visits to inspect provision in schools which they maintain.