The Provision of Information by Head Teachers to Parents and Adult Pupils (Wales) Regulations 2022

Interpretation E+W

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the 1996 Act” (“Deddf 1996”) means the Education Act 1996;

“the 2021 Act” (“Deddf 2021”) means the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021(1);

“adult pupil” (“disgybl sy’n oedolyn”) means a pupil aged 18 or over at the time the information referred to in regulation 4 or regulation 5 is made available and who is not proposing to leave the school by the end of the school year;

“approved relevant qualification” (“cymhwyster perthnasol a gymeradwywyd”) is a qualification within the meaning of section 56 of the Qualifications Wales Act 2015(2);

“attendance record” (“cofnod presenoldeb”) means the record of a pupil’s school attendance contained in the attendance register kept in accordance with section 434 of the 1996 Act(3) and the Education (Pupil Registration) (Wales) Regulations 2010(4);

“compulsory school age” (“oedran ysgol gorfodol”) has the meaning given to it in section 8 of the 1996 Act(5);

“education welfare officer” (“swyddog lles addysg”) means any person who is employed by a local authority, and whose duties include securing the regular attendance at school of pupils of compulsory school age;

“local authority” (“awdurdod lleol”) means the local authority that maintains the school;

“maintained school” (“ysgol a gynhelir”) means a—

(a)

community, foundation or voluntary school,

(b)

community or foundation special school (other than one established in a hospital),

(c)

maintained nursery school, and

(d)

pupil referral unit;

“nursery year” (“blwyddyn meithrin”) means a year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 4;

“parent” (“rhiant”) has the meaning given to it in section 576 of the 1996 Act;

“pupil referral unit (PRU)” (“uned cyfeirio disgyblion (UCD)” has the meaning given to it in section 81(1) of the 2021 Act;

“pupil” (“disgybl”) has the meaning given to it in section 3 of the 1996 Act(6);

“registered pupil” (“disgybl cofrestredig”) has the meaning given to it in section 434(5) of the 1996 Act;

“reception year” (“blwyddyn derbyn”) means a year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 5;

“relevant curriculum” (“cwricwlwm perthnasol”) has the meaning given to it—

(a)

in section 56(5)(a) of the 2021 Act in relation to a maintained school; and

(b)

in section 56(5)(c) of the 2021 Act in relation to a PRU;

“school day” (“diwrnod ysgol”) has the meaning given to it in section 579(1) of the 1996 Act;

“school term” (“tymor ysgol”) means the dates on which the school terms and holidays are to begin and end;

“school year” (“blwyddyn ysgol”) has the meaning given to it in section 579(1) of the 1996 Act;

“unit or credit” (“uned neu gredyd”), in relation to a qualification, means a module or part of a course leading to that qualification which, when successfully completed, can be counted together with other modules or parts towards obtaining that qualification;

“year 1” (“blwyddyn 1”) means a year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 6;

“year 2” (“blwyddyn 2”) means a year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 7;

“year 3” (“blwyddyn 3”) means a year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 8;

“year 4” (“blwyddyn 4”) means a year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 9;

“year 5” (“blwyddyn 5”) means a year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 10;

“year 6” (“blwyddyn 6”) means a year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 11;

“year 7” (“blwyddyn 7”) means a year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 12;

“year 8” (“blwyddyn 8”) means a year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 13;

“year 9” (“blwyddyn 9”) means a year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 14;

“year 10” (“blwyddyn 10”) means a year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 15;

“year 11” (“blwyddyn 11”) means a year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 16;

“year 12” (“blwyddyn 12”) means a year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 17;

“year 13” (“blwyddyn 13”) means a year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 18.

(2) In these Regulations any reference in relation to a PRU to—

(a) a head teacher is a reference to a teacher in charge of a PRU, or

(b) a governing body is a reference to management committee (if there is one) and to a teacher in charge of a PRU if there is no management committee.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 2 comes into force in accordance with reg. 1(2)-(8)

(1)

2021 asc 4.

(2)

2015 anaw 5.

(3)

As amended by section 140(1) and (3) of, and paragraph 111(a) and (b) of Schedule 30 to, the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31) and S.I. 2010/1158.

(4)

S.I. 2010/1954 (W. 187).

(5)

Subsections (2) and (4) were substituted by section 52(2) and (3) of the Education Act 1997 (c. 44).

(6)

Subsection (1) was amended by section 57(1) and paragraph 9 of Schedule 7 to the Education Act 1997 (c. 44) and subsection (1) and (1A) were further amended by section 215(1) and paragraph 34 of Schedule 21 to the Education Act 2002 (c. 32).