The statutory guidance is for local authorities given by the Department for Education, on behalf of the Secretary of State. Section 72 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 places a statutory duty on all local authorities in England, in exercising their functions in respect of maintained schools causing concern, to have regard to any guidance given from time to time by the Secretary of State. This guidance covers: (1) maintained "schools causing concern" (within the meaning of section 44 of the Education Act 2005); (2) maintained schools that are "eligible for intervention" (within the meaning of Part 4 of the Education Act 2006); (3) other maintained schools about which the local authority and/or Secretary of State have serious concerns which need to be addressed; and (4) academies causing concern. This guidance primarily sets out how local authorities and Regional Schools Commissioners (RSCs) will intervene at a school level. RSCs will always approach academy trusts and in the case of schools with a religious character, the relevant religious body, not individual schools, about trusts' leadership and oversight of their schools.