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| Conduct and effect of inspections. |
122. - (1) This section applies where a service is inspected pursuant to a request under section 121(1)(c) or in accordance with section 121(1)(d).
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(2) A person carrying out or participating in the inspection shall have the same powers as an Inspector under the following provisions of the School Inspections Act 1996-
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(a) section 6(3)(a) and (b) (right of access), and |
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(b) section 42 (computer records). |
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(3) Section 42A of that Act (publication of reports) shall apply.
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(4) Where the Chief Inspector arranges for the publication of a report of an inspection, the person who provides the inspected service shall-
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(a) prepare a written statement of the action which he proposes to take in the light of the report and the period within which he proposes to take it, |
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(b) publish the statement within such period, and in such manner, as may be prescribed by regulations made by the National Assembly for Wales, and |
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(c) send copies of the statement to such persons as may be prescribed by regulations made by the National Assembly. |
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(5) Where a local authority provides an inspected service, or secures or participates in the provision of an inspected service, the authority-
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(a) shall ensure that the action specified in any statement prepared under subsection (4)(a) is sufficient to remedy any weakness mentioned in the report, and |
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(b) shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that the action specified in the statement is taken within the period specified. |
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(6) If the National Assembly consider that a local authority is failing to comply with its duties under subsection (5)-
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(a) the National Assembly may give directions to the local authority about the performance of those duties, and |
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(b) the authority shall comply with the directions. |
| Supplementary. |
123. - (1) In sections 117 to 122-
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"local authority" means a county council or a county borough council, |
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"Health Authority" has the meaning given by section 8 of the National Health Service Act 1977, |
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"parent", in relation to a child, means a person who has parental responsibility for him within the meaning of section 3 of the Children Act 1989, |
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"probation committee" means a committee established under section 3 of the Probation Service Act 1993, |
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"police authority" has the meaning given by section 101 of the Police Act 1996, |
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"young person" has the meaning given by section 117(3), |
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"youth offending team" means a team established under section 39 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, and |
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"youth support services" has the meaning given by section 117(2). |
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(2) The power under section 117 shall not relate to services which are provided or to be provided outside Wales.
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City colleges and academies |
| City academies. |
124. - (1) Section 482 of the Education Act 1996 (city technology colleges and city colleges for the technology of the arts) shall be amended as follows.
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(2) In subsection (2)(c)-
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(b) after "arts" insert "or on a subject area mentioned in subsection (2A)". |
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(3) After subsection (2) insert-
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"(2A) The subject areas are-
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(a) modern foreign languages; |
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(b) visual arts, performing arts or media arts (or any combination of them); |
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(d) any subject specified by order by the Secretary of State." |
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(4) In subsection (3) after paragraph (b) insert "; or
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(c) as a city academy, if the emphasis of its curriculum is on a subject area mentioned in subsection (2A)." |
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(5) After subsection (3) insert-
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"(3A) A school established on or after the relevant day and which would otherwise, by virtue of subsection (3), be known as a city technology college or a city college for the technology of the arts may instead, if the person carrying it on so chooses, be known as a city academy."
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(6) After subsection (5) insert-
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"(6) For the purposes of subsection (3A) the relevant day is the day on which section 124 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 comes into force."
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(7) This section does not apply to schools in Wales.
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| City academies: land. |
125. - (1) Schedule 8 contains provisions about land in relation to city academies.
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(2) That Schedule does not apply to land in Wales.
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| City colleges and academies: special educational needs. |
126. After section 483 of the Education Act 1996 there shall be inserted-
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| "City colleges and academies: special educational needs. |
483A. - (1) This section applies in relation to any child falling within subsection (2) if the condition in subsection (3) is satisfied.
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(2) A child falls within this subsection if-
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(a) he is a child for whom a statement is maintained under section 324, and |
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(b) he attends (or proposes to attend) a school which is a city technology college, a city college for the technology of the arts or a city academy. |
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(3) The condition in this subsection is satisfied if-
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(a) the school is approved by the Secretary of State under section 347(1), or |
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(b) the Secretary of State consents to the child being educated at the school. |
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(4) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for securing that arrangements are made-
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(a) for making the special educational provision specified in the statement; |
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(b) for making any non-educational provision specified in the statement. |
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(5) Regulations under subsection (4) may require or authorise a local education authority-
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(a) to make payments to the school in respect of the child, or |
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(b) to provide any other assistance to the school in respect of the child. |
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(6) No condition or requirement imposed by virtue of section 482(4)(a) is to prevent a local education authority making payments or providing assistance by virtue of subsection (5).
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(7) This section does not apply to schools in Wales."
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Other miscellaneous provisions |
| Recreation and social and physical training. |
127. - (1) Section 508 of the Education Act 1996 (local education authorities: recreation and social and physical training) shall be amended as follows.
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(2) In subsection (1) for "secondary and further education" substitute "and secondary education".
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(3) After subsection (1) insert-
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"(1A) A local education authority may provide facilities for recreation and social and physical training as part of the facilities for further education provided (whether or not by them) for their area."
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(4) In subsection (2) for "For that purpose" substitute "For the purpose of subsection (1) or (1A)".
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