Commentary on provisions of Act Section 1: Coasting schools
Section 1(2) amends section 59 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (meaning of "maintained school" and "eligible for intervention") so as to provide that the meaning of "eligible for intervention" includes coasting schools.
	Section 1(3) inserts new section 60B into the Education and Inspections Act 2006. Section 60B creates an additional category of school "eligible for intervention" for local authority maintained schools that are "coasting". It includes a requirement for the Secretary of State to define in regulations what "coasting" means and allows the Secretary of State, through regulations, to disapply the coasting definition from certain types of schools. The coasting regulations will be subject to the affirmative procedure the first time they are laid. The Section also provides that a school is eligible for intervention if the Secretary of State has notified the governing body of the school that it is coasting and has not subsequently notified them that the school is no longer coasting.