Education and Training Act 2020

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Review of private schools

9 Review of private schools

(1)

As soon as practicable after provisionally registering an existing school or a proposed school under clause 1(2), the Secretary must inform the Chief Review Officer of the provisional registration.

(2)

The Chief Review Officer must ensure that a review officer reviews a school that is provisionally registered under clause 1(2)

(a)

between 6 and 12 months after the provisional registration of the school; or

(b)

earlier, by agreement with its managers.

(3)

The Chief Review Officer must ensure that a review officer conducts a further review of a school that has had its provisional registration renewed under clause 1(3), if the further review is requested by the Secretary under clause 1(4).

(4)

The Chief Review Officer must ensure that a review officer who conducts a review under subclause (2) or (3) prepares a written report in relation to the review and gives copies of it to the Secretary and the school’s manager.

(5)

The Chief Review Officer must ensure that a school, while registered under clause 1(5), is reviewed in accordance with subpart 3 of Part 5.

(6)

The Chief Review Officer must also ensure that the review officer who conducts a review under subclause (5)—

(a)

prepares a written report on the review; and

(b)

gives copies of it to the Secretary and the school’s principal (or other chief executive) and managers.

(7)

A review officer’s written report on a review under this clause must also include—

(a)

information about whether the school meets the criteria for registration as a private school; and

(b)

information about the areas in which improvement is required, if the school does not meet the criteria.

Compare: 1989 No 80 s 35I