The Independent Educational Provision in England (Inspection Fees) and Independent School Standards (Amendment) Regulations 2018

Made: 16th February 2018

Laid before Parliament: 23rd February 2018

Coming into force: 1st April 2018

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 94(1) and (2), 111(1), (2), (3)(a) and (c) and (4)(b), and 166(6) of the Education and Skills Act 2008 , makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

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Fees for inspections by the Chief Inspector

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Composition of the overall inspection fee and time for payment

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Fee not to be refunded where inspection does not take place

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Fee for a pre-registration inspection

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Fees for progress monitoring inspections and time at which they must be paid

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Amount of fees in respect of an inspection to which regulation 6 applies

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Notifications

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Amendment of the Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014

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• (1) The Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014 are amended as follows.

• (2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—

• (a) omit the definition of “the National Minimum Standards for Accommodation of Students under Eighteen by Further Education Colleges”; and

• (b) in the definitions of “the National Minimum Standards for Boarding Schools” and “the National Minimum Standards for Residential Special Schools”, for “November 2012” in both places where it occurs, substitute “ April 2015 ”.

• (3) In paragraph 8(b) of Part 3 of the Schedule, omit “or the National Minimum Standards for Accommodation of Students under Eighteen by Further Education Colleges”.

Revocations and saving

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Signed

Agnew — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — 2018-02-16

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2008 c.25 (“the 2008 Act”); section 111 was amended by section 23 of the Children, Schools and Families Act 2010 (c. 26). See section 168(1) for the definition of “prescribed” and “regulations”.

[^f00002]: 1996 c.56; section 3 was amended by paragraph 9(2) of Schedule 7 to the Education Act 1997 (c. 44) and paragraph 34(2) and (3) of Schedule 21 to the Education Act 2002 (c. 32).

[^f00003]: See section 111(6) of the 2008 Act for the application of that section. See section 92 for the definition of “an independent educational institution”. See section 138 for the definition of “Chief Inspector”.

[^f00004]: See section 138 of the 2008 Act for the definitions of “registered” and “the register”.

[^f00005]: S.I. 2014/3283.

[^f00006]: 2006 c.21. See section 138 of the 2008 Act for the definition of “early years provision”.

[^f00007]: S.I. 2008/1801, revoked in part by S.I. 2009/1607.

[^f00008]: S.I. 2009/1607, amended by S.I. 2010/1002.

Editorial notes

[^c22917531]: 2008 c.25 (“the 2008 Act”); section 111 was amended by section 23 of the Children, Schools and Families Act 2010 (c. 26). See section 168(1) for the definition of “prescribed” and “regulations”.

[^key-5ef22d694297b534c2362a7070be95d8]: Regulations revoked (except reg. 9) (1.7.2019) by The Independent Educational Provision in England (Inspection Fees and Savings Provisions) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/995), regs. 1(1), 9(1) (with reg. 9(2)(3))