The Education (Exemption from School Inspection) (England) Regulations 2012
These Regulations are made under section 5(4A) of the Education Act 2005 (“the 2005 Act”) (inserted by section 40 of the Education Act 2011) which provides for the Chief Inspector’s duty under section 5 of the 2005 Act to inspect schools at certain intervals not to apply to certain categories of school in certain circumstances. Section 5(4B) of the 2005 Act provides that schools which are not subject to such routine inspection are known as “exempt schools”.