The Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (Consequential Amendments) (Secondary Legislation) (No. 1) Regulations 2022

Education (Supply of Information about the School Workforce) (Wales) Regulations 2017

13.—(1) The Education (Supply of Information about the School Workforce) (Wales) Regulations 2017(1) are amended as follows.

(2) These amendments take effect in respect of pupils who—

(a) from 1 September 2022 are—

(i) receiving nursery education at a maintained school or a maintained nursery school;

(ii) in a reception year at a maintained school;

(iii) in years 1 to 6 at a maintained school;

(iv) in year 7 at a maintained school where the head teacher and governing body have adopted a relevant curriculum under Part 2 of the 2021 Act;

(b) from 1 September 2023 are—

(i) in year 7;

(ii) in year 8;

(c) from 1 September 2024 are in year 9 at a maintained school;

(d) from 1 September 2025 are in year 10 at a maintained school;

(e) from 1 September 2026 are in year 11 at a maintained school.

(3) In regulation 2(1)—

(a) for the definition of “areas of learning” substitute—

““areas of learning and experience” (“meysydd dysgu a phrofiad”) has the meaning given to it in section 3(1) of the 2021 Act;”,

(b) omit the definition of “foundation phase”,

(c) omit the definition of “key stage”,

(d) omit the definition of “subjects”, and

(e) at the appropriate places insert—

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

““funded non-maintained nursery education” (“addysg feithrin a gyllidir ond nas cynhelir”) has the meaning given to it in section 80(1)(a) of the 2021 Act;”;

““maintained nursery school” (“ysgol feithrin a gynhelir”) has the meaning given to it in section 79(1)(b) of the 2021 Act;”;

““maintained school” (“ysgol a gynhelir”) has the meaning given to it in section 79(1)(a) of the 2021 Act;”;

““nursery education” (“addysg feithrin”) means education provided to pupils below compulsory school age in a maintained school or a maintained nursery school;”;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

““year group” (“grŵp blwyddyn”) means a group of pupils at a school the majority of whom will, in a particular school year, attain the same age.”.

(4) In the Schedule—

(a) in paragraph 8—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a), for “or subjects” substitute “and experience”,

(ii) in sub-paragraph (b), for “the foundation phase” substitute “pupils receiving nursery education or pupils in their reception year, year 1 or year 2”,

(iii) in sub-paragraph (c), for “the key stages and if so which key stages” substitute “pupils in years 3 to 11, and if so, which of those years”,

(iv) for sub-paragraph (d) substitute—

“(d) whether P teaches areas of learning and experience through the medium of Welsh, other than the mandatory element of Welsh;”, and

(v) omit sub-paragraph (e),

(b) in paragraph 11(c), omit “national curriculum school”, and

(c) in paragraph 14—

(i) in sub-paragraph (e), after “areas of learning” insert “and experience”,

(ii) omit sub-paragraph (f),

(iii) in sub-paragraph (g), for “the key stages” substitute “which year groups”, and

(iv) omit sub-paragraph (h).

(1)

S.I. 2017/940 (W. 233).