Commentary on Sections Part 2 - Standards
5.Chapters 1 and 2 of Part 2 of this Act reform the existing law in respect of intervention by local authorities and Welsh Ministers in the conduct of schools maintained by local authorities and intervention by Welsh Ministers in the exercise of education functions by local authorities.
6.Generally, it will be for the local authority to take action in respect of schools causing concern in the first instance, and the Welsh Ministers will normally only take action where the authority has failed to do so, or where it has taken action, it has done so inadequately.