Commentary on Sections Part 2 - Standards Section 3 – Warning notice
9.This section provides that if one or more of grounds 1 to 6 set out in section 2 exist the local authority may give a warning notice to the governing body of a school, and specifies what information a warning notice must contain.   The warning notice is generally the start of the process of intervention by a local authority in a school and may lead to the powers of intervention being exercised by it.