Legislation – Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022
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PART 2REGISTRATION AND REGULATION OF TERTIARY EDUCATION PROVIDERS
CHAPTER 2QUALITY ASSURANCE AND IMPROVING QUALITY
Inspection of further education or training etc.
57Duty of the Chief Inspector to inspect and report
(1)
The Chief Inspector must inspect—
(a)
further education or training funded or otherwise secured by the Commission;
(b)
further education or training funded or otherwise secured by the Welsh Ministers;
(c)
further education or training funded by a local authority;
(d)
further education or training where the Commission or a local authority is contemplating giving funding to the provider of the further education or training;
(e)
education or training provided for persons of compulsory school age by a tertiary education provider in Wales that is an institution within the further education sector or the higher education sector;
(f)
education or training provided in Wales and specified by the Welsh Ministers in regulations (if any).
(2)
Paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection (1) do not apply to—
(a)
education of a kind that may or must be inspected under Part 1 of the Education Act 2005 (c. 18) (school inspections), or
(b)
if the funding mentioned in those paragraphs is given for a specific purpose, education or training at which that support is not directed.
(3)
The Chief Inspector must publish a report of each inspection carried out under this section including views on—
(a)
the quality of the education or training inspected,
(b)
the standards achieved by those receiving that education or training, and
(c)
whether the financial resources made available to the provider of the education or training are managed efficiently and used in a way which provides value for money.
(4)
The Welsh Ministers may, by regulations,—
(a)
require inspections under subsection (1) (except paragraph (d)) to be conducted at intervals specified in the regulations;
(b)
require reports under subsection (3) to be made before the end of a period specified in the regulations.
(5)
Before making regulations under this section the Welsh Ministers must consult—
(a)
the Commission;
(b)
the Chief Inspector.