Interpretation2
1
In these Regulations—
“the 1996 Act” (“Deddf 1996”) means the Education Act 1996;
“the 2002 Act” (“Deddf 2002”) means the Education Act 20023;
“foundation phase” (“cyfnod sylfaen”) is to be construed in accordance with section 102 of the 2002 Act;
“LA number” (“rhif ALl”) is a combination of numbers allocated to a local authority which is particular to that authority, determined by the Welsh Ministers;
“maintained school” (“ysgol a gynhelir”) means a community, foundation or voluntary school or a community or foundation special school (other than one established in a hospital) and, unless the context otherwise requires, a nursery school maintained by a local authority or a pupil referral unit;
“responsible person” (“person cyfrifol”) means—
- a
the head teacher or proprietor of an independent school;
- b
the teacher in charge of a pupil referral unit;
- c
the governing body of any other school; or
- d
the person responsible for the conduct of any institution of further education or other place of education or training to which a pupil transfers or may transfer;
- a
“result” (“canlyniad”) in relation to any assessment under the statutory assessments means the result of the assessment as determined and recorded in accordance with those arrangements;
“school number” (“rhif ysgol”) is a combination of numbers allocated to a school which is particular to that school, determined by the Welsh Ministers;
“statutory assessments” (“asesiadau statudol”) means such assessment arrangements as are specified by the Welsh Ministers in an order made under—
“unique learner number” (“rhif unigryw dysgwr”), in relation to a registered pupil at a school, means the specific combination of numbers allocated to the pupil by the Chief Executive of the Skills Funding Agency as that pupil’s unique learner number; and
“unique pupil number” (“rhif unigryw disgybl”) means a combination of numbers which together with a letter or letters are allocated to a pupil and are particular to that pupil, by use of a formula determined by the Welsh Ministers.
2
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a head teacher or governing body is, in relation to a pupil referral unit, a reference to the teacher in charge of the pupil referral unit.