Commentary Part 1: School Inspections and Other Inspections by School Inspectors Chapter 2 – Procedure for Inspections under Chapter 1 Section 17: Statement to be prepared by proprietor of school
50.This section specifies the action to be taken by the proprietor of a non-maintained school which requires special measures or significant improvement. Current requirements are set out in section 21 of SIA 1996. The proprietor is required to prepare a statement of the action he proposes to take and the timescale for this action when he is sent an inspection report that states the school requires special measures or significant improvement.
51.Subsection (2) provides for this statement of action to be prepared within a prescribed period, intended to be 10 working days from the date of publication of the inspection report (as for local education authorities under section 15) or such shorter period as the Secretary of State may direct in urgent cases.
52.Subsections (3) and (4) provide for copies of this statement to be sent to the Chief Inspector, to any other prescribed persons and, in the case of a non-maintained special school, to any local education authority which are paying fees for a pupil at the school.