2021 No. 1431 (W. 370)
Education, Wales

The Federation of Maintained Schools (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Made
Laid before Senedd Cymru
Coming into force
The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 19(3) and (9) and 210(7) of the Education Act 20021, and now vested in them2, make the following Regulations:

Title and commencement1.

(1)

The title of these Regulations is the Federation of Maintained Schools (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021.

(2)

These Regulations come into force on 4 February 2022.

Amendments to the Federation of Maintained Schools (Wales) Regulations 20142.

(1)

The Federation of Maintained Schools (Wales) Regulations 20143 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 15 (teacher governors), in paragraph (4)—

(a)

the words from “any person” to the end become sub-paragraph (a), and

(b)

after that sub-paragraph insert—

“; or

(b)

a federation that consists of only two schools.”

(3)

In regulation 16 (staff governors), in paragraph (4)—

(a)

the words from “any person” to the end become sub-paragraph (a), and

(b)

after that sub-paragraph insert—

“; or

(b)

a federation that consists of only two schools.”

Jeremy Miles
Minister for Education and Welsh Language, one of the Welsh Ministers
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Federation of Maintained Schools (Wales) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1132 (W. 111)).

These Regulations provide that for federations consisting of only two schools, a person may be elected as a teacher or staff governor despite working at the same federated school as a previous teacher or staff governor who served within the past two years.

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations.