Contents
- 1 Citation, commencement, extent and application
- 2 Amendment of the Education (School Inspection) (England) Regulations 2005
- 3 Amendments: regulation 3 and new regulation 3ZA (intervals for inspections)
- 4 Amendments: regulation 3A and new regulation 3AA (intervals for inspections: first inspection of certain new schools with predecessor schools)
- 5 Amendments: regulation 10 (inspections of religious education: intervals for inspection): provision of 3 year extension for certain inspections (modification in consequence of coronavirus pandemic)
1Citation, commencement, extent and application#
(1)These Regulations may be cited as the Education (School Inspection) (England) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2021.
(2)They come into force on 1st September 2021.
(3)They extend to England and Wales but apply in relation to England.
2Amendment of the Education (School Inspection) (England) Regulations 2005#
The Education (School Inspection) (England) Regulations 2005 are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 5.
3Amendments: regulation 3 and new regulation 3ZA (intervals for inspections)#
(1)In regulation 3—
(a)at the end of the heading insert “: general”;
(b)at the end of paragraph (1) insert “(subject to regulation 3ZA)”.
(2)After regulation 3 insert—“3ZA 1 This regulation modifies regulation 3 in its application to certain circumstances.2 In the circumstances set out in paragraph (3), regulation 3(4) is to be read as if for “5 years” there were substituted “7 years”.3 The circumstances are that the earlier section 5 inspection mentioned in regulation 3(4) was carried out in the period beginning with 1st August 2014 and ending with the end of 27th April 2021.4 In the circumstances set out in paragraph (5), regulation 3(6) is to be read as if for “5 years” there were substituted “7 years”.5 The circumstances are that the latest of the inspections mentioned in regulation 3(5) was carried out in the period beginning with 1st August 2014 and ending with the end of 27th April 2021.6 In the circumstances set out in paragraph (7), regulation 3(8) is to be read as if for “5 years” there were substituted “7 years”.7 The circumstances are that the relevant inspection was carried out in the period beginning with 1st August 2014 and ending with the end of 27th April 2021.8 In paragraph (7) “the relevant inspection” means the earlier section 5 inspection (as mentioned in regulation 3(8)(a)) or the most recent relevant section 8 inspection (as mentioned in regulation 3(8)(b)), as the case may be.9 For the purposes of this regulation, an inspection is treated as being carried out at the time at which it is begun.”
4Amendments: regulation 3A and new regulation 3AA (intervals for inspections: first inspection of certain new schools with predecessor schools)#
(1)In regulation 3A—
(a)at the end of the heading insert “: general”;
(b)insert before paragraph (1)—“A1 This regulation is subject to regulation 3AA.”
(2)After regulation 3A insert—“3AA 1 This regulation modifies regulation 3A in its application to certain circumstances.2 In the circumstances set out in paragraph (3), regulation 3A(2) is to be read as if for “5 years” there were substituted “7 years”.3 The circumstances are that the most recent relevant section 8 inspection (as mentioned in regulation 3A(2)) was carried out in the period beginning with 1st August 2014 and ending with the end of 27th April 2021.4 In the circumstances set out in paragraph (5), regulation 3A(5) is to be read as if for “5 years” there were substituted “7 years”.5 The circumstances are where the most recent inspection (as mentioned in regulation 3A(5)) was carried out in the period beginning with 1st August 2014 and ending with the end of 27th April 2021.6 For the purposes of this regulation, an inspection is treated as being carried out at the time at which it is begun.”
5Amendments: regulation 10 (inspections of religious education: intervals for inspection): provision of 3 year extension for certain inspections (modification in consequence of coronavirus pandemic)#
In regulation 10—
(a)the existing text is renumbered as paragraph (1);
(b)after paragraph (1) as so renumbered insert—“2 But where the last inspection took place in the period beginning with 1st August 2014 and ending with the end of 31st July 2021, paragraph (1) is to be read as if for “5 school years” there were substituted “8 school years”.”
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