The Education (Revocation of Assessment Arrangements in the National Curriculum and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2022

PART 1 General

Title, commencement and application

1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Education (Revocation of Assessment Arrangements in the National Curriculum and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2022.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 30 May 2022.

(3) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

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

“the 2021 Act” (“Deddf 2021”) means the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021(1);

“class” (“dosbarth”) has the meaning given to it in section 82(1) of the 2021 Act;

“nursery year” (“blwyddyn meithrin”) means the school year in which the majority of the pupils in the class attain the age of 4;

“pupil” (“disgybl”) has the meaning given to it in section 3 of the 1996 Act(2);

“reception year” (“blwyddyn derbyn”) means the school year in which the majority of the pupils in the class attain the age of 5;

“school year” (“blwyddyn ysgol”) has the meaning given to it in section 579(1) of the 1996 Act;

“special school” (“ysgol arbennig”) has the meaning given to it in section 337(2) of the 1996 Act(3);

“year 1” (“blwyddyn 1”) means the school year in which the majority of the pupils in the class attain the age of 6;

“year 2” (“blwyddyn 2”) means the school year in which the majority of pupils in the class attain the age of 7;

“year 3” (“blwyddyn 3”) means the school year in which the majority of pupils in the class attain the age of 8;

“year 4” (“blwyddyn 4”) means the school year in which the majority of pupils in the class attain the age of 9;

“year 5” (“blwyddyn 5”) means the school year in which the majority of pupils in the class attain the age of 10;

“year 6” (“blwyddyn 6”) means the school year in which the majority of pupils in the class attain the age of 11;

“year 7” (“blwyddyn 7”) means the school year in which the majority of pupils in the class attain the age of 12;

“year 8” (“blwyddyn 8”) means the school year in which the majority of pupils in the class attain the age of 13;

“year 9” (“blwyddyn 9”) means the school year in which the majority of pupils in the class attain the age of 14.

(1)

2021 asc 4.

(2)

Subsection (1) was amended by paragraph 9 of Schedule 7 to the Education Act 1997 and subsection (1) and (1A) were further amended by paragraph 34 of Schedule 21 to the Education Act 2002 (c. 32).

(3)

Inserted by paragraph 4(1) and (10)(c) of Schedule 1 to the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018 (anaw 2).