Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

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

“the 2002 Act” (“Deddf 2002”) means the Education Act 2002(1);

“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;

“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—

(i)

section 108(2)(b)(iii) of the 2002 Act(2) in relation to pupils in the foundation phase; or

(ii)

section 108(3)(c) of the 2002 Ac(3)) in relation to pupils in a key stage;

“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.

(1)

2002 c. 32.

(2)

Sub-section (2) of section 108 was amended by section 21(1) and (7)(a) of the Education (Wales) Measure 2009 (nawm 5).

(3)

Sub-section (3) of section 108 was amended by section 21(1) and (7)(b) of, and paragraphs 11 and 15 of the schedule to, the Education (Wales) Measure 2009. The current orders are the National Curriculum (Key Stage 2 Assessment Arrangements) (Wales) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/2915 (W.254)) and the National Curriculum (Key Stage 3 Assessment Arrangements) (Wales) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1394 (W.108)).