Commentary Part 1: School Inspections and Other Inspections by School Inspectors Chapter 2 – Procedure for Inspections under Chapter 1 Section 16: Destination of reports: non-maintained schools
47.This section re-enacts the elements of section 20 of SIA 1996 relating to the destination of reports for all non-maintained schools, as they apply to England, with the changes to terminology set out in section 44. This covers the distribution of reports of section 5 inspections for Academies, city technology colleges, city colleges for the technology of the arts and non-maintained special schools. These reports must be sent to the proprietor of the school. The requirements in section 20 of SIA 1996 relating to schools requiring special measures are now included as part of section 13 (see above).
48.Subsection (2) places a duty on the proprietor of a non-maintained special school to send a copy of the report to any local education authority which is paying fees for pupils at that school.
49.Subsection (3) requires the proprietor to make a copy of all inspection reports it receives available for public inspection, to provide a copy to anyone who asks for one, and to make arrangements for parents of pupils at the school to receive a copy of the report. This mirrors the duty in section 14 on the local education authority or other appropriate authority in relation to reports on maintained schools.