In these Regulations—

• “the 1996 Act” (“Deddf 1996”) means the Education Act 19962;

• “the 1998 Act” (“Deddf 1998”) means the School Standards and Framework Act 19983;

• “the 2002 Act” (“Deddf 2002”) means the Education Act 2002;

• “annual parents' meeting” (“cyfarfod rhieni blynyddol”) means the parents meeting which the governing body is required to hold once in every school year under section 33 of the 2002 Act4;

• “budget share” (“cyfran o'r gyllideb”) means the amount allocated to the governing body by virtue of section 47 of the 1998 Act5;

• “DEWi” (“DEWi”) means the data exchange Wales initiative database maintained and published by the Welsh Ministers6;

• “foundation phase” (“cyfnod sylfaen”) is to be construed in accordance with section 102 of the 2002 Act;

• “governors' report” (“adroddiad llywodraethwyr”) means the report which the governing body is required to prepare once in every school year under section 30 of the 2002 Act;

• “key stage” (“cyfnod allweddol”) means any of the periods set out in paragraphs (a) to (d) of section 103(1) of the 2002 Act7;

• “language category” (“categori iaith”) means the category used for defining the type and extent of Welsh medium education provision made by a school and set out in the information document entitled “Defining schools according to Welsh medium provision” published by the Welsh Ministers as Circular 023/20078;

• “parent” (“rhiant”) has the meaning given to it by section 576 of the 1996 Act9;

• “reporting school year” (“blwyddyn adrodd yr ysgol”) means the school year immediately preceding the school year in which the information is published by the governing body;

• “Summary of Secondary School Performance” (“Crynodeb Perfformiad Ysgol Uwchradd”) means the summary of a school’s performance published by the Welsh Ministers on DEWi; and

• “unauthorised absence” (“absenoldeb anawdurdodedig”) means an occasion on which a pupil is recorded as absent without authority pursuant to the Education (Pupil Registration) (Wales) Regulations 201010 and “authorised absence” (“absenoldeb awdurdodedig”) must be construed accordingly.