The Registration and Inspection of Education, Children's Services and Skills (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

Made: 5th March 2025

Laid before Parliament: 7th March 2025

Coming into force: 1st April 2025

The Secretary of State for Education makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 87D(2) and 104(4)(a) of the Children Act 1989[^f00001], sections 12(2), 15(3), 16(3) and 118(5) and (6) of the Care Standards Act 2000[^f00002] and sections 155(1) and (2), and 181(2)(a) and (b) of the Education and Inspections Act 2006[^f00003].

Part 1 — Introductory

Citation, commencement and extent

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Registration and Inspection of Education, Children's Services and Skills (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2025.

• (2) These Regulations come into force on 1st April 2025.

• (3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

Interpretation

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In these Regulations, “the Fees and Frequency of Inspections Regulations” means the Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Fees and Frequency of Inspections) (Children’s Homes etc.) Regulations 2015[^f00004].

Part 2 — Amendments to the Fees and Frequency of Inspections Regulations

Amendments to the Fees and Frequency of Inspections Regulations

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The Fees and Frequency of Inspections Regulations are amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Part.

Amendment to regulation 19

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In regulation 19 (boarding schools, residential colleges and residential special schools)—

• (a) in paragraph (3)(b) and (c), for “13” substitute “9”;

• (b) in paragraph (3)(b)(ii), for “13th” substitute “9th”.

Amendment to regulation 23

5

In regulation 23 (children’s homes)—

• (a) in paragraph (1)(b) and (c), for “16” substitute “11”;

• (b) in paragraph (1)(b)(ii), for “16th” substitute “11th”.

Substitution of certain fees payable under the Fees and Frequency of Inspections Regulations

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In each provision of the Fees and Frequency of Inspections Regulations specified in column 1 of the table in the Schedule, for the amount specified in column 2 (old fee) substitute the amount specified in column 3 (new fee).

Schedule — Substitution of certain fees payable under the Fees and Frequency of Inspections Regulations

Signed

Janet Daby — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State — Department for Education — 5th March 2025

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Explanatory Note

These Regulations, which apply in England only, amend the Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Fees and Frequency of Inspections) (Children’s Homes etc.) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/551) (“the Fees and Frequency of Inspections Regulations”).

Part 2 amends the Fees and Frequency of Inspections Regulations.

Regulation 4 amends regulation 19 to lower the approved places threshold in respect of which a residential special school must pay a higher annual fee from between 4 – 13 places, to between 4 – 9 places.

Regulation 5 amends regulation 23 to lower the approved places threshold in respect of which a children’s home must pay a higher annual fee from between 4 – 16 places, to between 4 – 11 places.

Regulation 6 and the Schedule amend the Fees and Frequency of Inspections Regulations in respect of fees, setting out the new fees payable in respect of various settings under Parts 2, 3 and 4 of those Regulations.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary, or public sector is foreseen.

An Explanatory Memorandum is published alongside this instrument at www.legislation.gov.uk.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1989 c. 41. Section 87D was inserted by section 108 of the Care Standards Act 2000 (c. 14). See section 87(10) for the definition of “appropriate authority” and sections 87(11) and (12) for the definition of “relevant person”.

[^f00002]: 2000 c. 14. Section 12(2) was amended by section 105(3) of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43) (“the 2003 Act”) and by paragraph 11 of Schedule 5 to the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14) (“the 2008 Act”). Section 15(3) was amended by paragraph 14(b) of Schedule 5 to the 2008 Act. Section 16(3) was substituted by section 105(6) of the 2003 Act and amended by paragraph 15 of Schedule 5 to the 2008 Act. Sections 12(2), 15(3) and 16(3) were applied to a person who carries on or manages a supported accommodation undertaking by regulation 3(1) and 3(2)(b), (d) and (e) of S.I. 2022/808. See section 121 for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”.

[^f00003]: 2006 c. 40. See sections 147(3) and 155(12) for the definition of “relevant function” in relation to a local authority. Section 181(2) was amended so far as applicable to Wales by section 23(3)(b) of the Learner Travel (Wales) Measure 2008 (nawm.2).

[^f00004]: S.I. 2015/551, amended by S.I. 2017/245, 2018/246, 2019/835, 2020/445, 253, 2021/261, 1019, 2022/196, 2023/276, 416 and 2024/315.