The Education (Amendments Relating to the Intervals for the Inspection of Education and Training) (Wales) Regulations 2010

• Citation: S.I. 2010/1436 (W.)
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Title, commencement and application

(1) The title of these Regulations is the Education (Amendments Relating to the Intervals for the Inspection of Education and Training) (Wales) Regulations 2010 and they come into force on 1 September 2010.

(2) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

Section 2 Amendment to the Education (Inspection of Nursery Education) (Wales) Regulations 1999

(1) The Education (Inspection of Nursery Education) (Wales) Regulations 1999 are amended as follows.

(2) For regulation 4, substitute—

(4)

(1) The Chief Inspector must secure that relevant nursery education is inspected under paragraph 6B(1)(a) of Schedule 26 to the Act—

(a) where there has been no previous inspection under that paragraph, within six years of the date on which relevant nursery education was first provided at the premises concerned, and

(b) in all other cases within six years of the date on which the last inspection was completed.

(2) For the purposes of this regulation the date on which the last inspection was completed is the date of the report of the last inspection under paragraph 6B of Schedule 26 to the Act.

Section 3 Amendment to the Inspection of Education and Training (Wales) Regulations 2001

(1) The Inspection of Education and Training (Wales) Regulations 2001 are amended as follows.

(2) For regulation 2, substitute—

(2)

(1) Inspections must be conducted—

(a) where there has been no previous inspection, within six years of the date of establishment of the institution providing education and training which is to be inspected, and

(b) in all other cases, within six years of the date on which the last inspection was completed.

(2) For the purpose of this regulation the date on which the last inspection was completed is the date of the last inspection report.

Section 4 Amendment to the Education (School Inspection) (Wales) Regulations 2006

(1) The Education (School Inspection) (Wales) Regulations 2006 are amended as follows.

(2) For regulation 6, substitute—

(6)

(1) The Chief Inspector must secure that every school to which section 28 of the 2005 Act applies is inspected—

(a) in the case of a school which has not been previously inspected, within six years of the date on which pupils were first admitted to the school, and

(b) in all other cases, within six years of the date on which the last inspection was completed.

(2) For the purpose of this regulation the date on which the last inspection was completed is the date of the last inspection under section 28 of the 2005 Act.

Section 5 Amendments to the Inspection of the Careers and Related Services (Wales) Regulations 2006

(1) The Inspection of the Careers and Related Services (Wales) Regulations 2006 are amended as follows.

(2) For regulation 3, substitute—

(3)

(1) This regulation applies in the case of a service provider or relevant provider who has not previously been inspected under sections 55 or 56 of the 2005 Act.

(2) The Chief Inspector must inspect the service provider or relevant provider under sections 55 or 56 of the 2005 Act (as the case may be), within six years of the date of which the service provider or relevant provider first became such a provider.

(3) For regulation 4, substitute—

(4)

(1) Save where regulation 3 applies, the Chief Inspector must inspect each service provider under section 55 of the 2005 Act and each relevant provider under section 56 of the 2005 Act within six years of the date on which the last inspection was completed.

(2) For the purposes of this regulation the date on which the last inspection was completed is the date of the last inspection report.