These Regulations amend the Change of Category of Maintained Schools (Wales) Regulations 2001 (the “Principal Regulations”). The Principal Regulations make provision for a community, voluntary controlled, voluntary aided or foundation school to become another category of school within those categories, for a community special school to become a foundation special school and for a foundation special school to become a community special school. These Regulations also modify the Government of Maintained Schools (Wales) Regulations 2005 (“the 2005 Regulations”).

These amendments and modifications are consequential on the repeal of Schedule 12 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 by the Education Act 2002 and the making of the 2005 Regulations.

Regulations 3 to 9 make minor amendments to the modifications in the Principal Regulations relating to the constitution of governing bodies of schools which change category.

Regulation 10 and the Schedule set out the modified provisions in the 2005 Regulations which relate to the making and the content of the instruments of government of schools which change category. The Schedule substitutes a new Schedule 3 to the Principal Regulations.