The title of this Order is the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provision) Order 2022.

In this Order—

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

• “the 2018 Act” (“Deddf 2018”) means the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 20183;

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

• “academic year” (“blwyddyn academaidd”) means the period of 12 months beginning on 1 September;

• “additional learning needs” (“anghenion dysgu ychwanegol”) has the meaning given to it in section 2 of the 2018 Act;

• “child” (“plentyn”) has the meaning given to it in section 579(1) of the 1996 Act;

• “individual development plan” (“cynllun datblygu unigol”) means a plan prepared and maintained under Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the 2018 Act;

• “maintained school” (“ysgol a gynhelir”) means a maintained school within the meaning of section 79(1)(a) and (b) of the 2021 Act;

• “nursery education” (“addysg feithrin”) means education provided to children or pupils below compulsory school age—

  1. i

     in a maintained school or a maintained nursery school, or

  2. ii

     by the provider of funded non-maintained nursery education;

• “provider of funded non-maintained nursery education” (“darparwr addysg feithrin a gyllidir ond nas cynhelir”) has the meaning given to it in section 80(2)(a) of the 2021 Act;

• “pupil referral unit” (“uned cyfeirio disgyblion”) has the meaning given to it in section 81(1) of the 2021 Act;

• “pupil” (“disgybl”) has the meaning given to it in section 3 of the 1996 Act4;

• “reception year” (“blwyddyn derbyn”) means a year group in which the majority of the children or pupils attain the age of 5;

• “setting” (“lleoliad”) means—

  1. a

     a maintained school,

  2. b

     a provider of funded non-maintained nursery education;

  3. c

     a pupil referral unit, and

  4. d

     the provision of teaching and learning for a child otherwise than at a pupil referral unit by virtue of arrangements made under section 19A of the 1996 Act;

• “special educational needs” (“anghenion addysgol arbennig”) has the meaning given to it in section 312(1) of the 1996 Act5;

• “special educational needs provision” (“darpariaeth anghenion addysgol arbennig”) has the meaning given to it in section 312(4) of the 1996 Act6;

• “statement of special educational needs” (“datganiad anghenion addysgol arbennig”) means a statement within the meaning of section 324 of the 1996 Act7;

• “year 1” (“blwyddyn 1”) means a year group in which the majority of children or pupils attain the age of 6;

• “year 2” (“blwyddyn 2”) means a year group in which the majority of children or pupils attain the age of 7;

• “year 3” (“blwyddyn 3”) means a year group in which the majority of children or pupils attain the age of 8;

• “year 4” (“blwyddyn 4”) means a year group in which the majority of children or pupils attain the age of 9;

• “year 5” (“blwyddyn 5”) means a year group in which the majority of children or pupils attain the age of 10;

• “year 6” (“blwyddyn 6”) means a year group in which the majority of children or pupils attain the age of 11;

• “year 7” (“blwyddyn 7”) means a year group in which the majority of children or pupils attain the age of 12;

• “year 8” (“blwyddyn 8”) means a year group in which the majority of children or pupils attain the age of 13;

• “year 9” (“blwyddyn 9”) means a year group in which the majority of children or pupils attain the age of 14;

• “year 10” (“blwyddyn 10”) means a year group in which the majority of children or pupils attain the age of 15;

• “year 11” (“blwyddyn 11”) means a year group in which the majority of children or pupils attain the age of 16;

• “year 12” (“blwyddyn 12”) means a year group in which the majority of children or pupils attain the age of 17;

• “year 13” (“blwyddyn 13”) means a year group in which the majority of children or pupils attain the age of 18;

• “year group” (“grŵp blwyddyn”) means a group of children or pupils at a setting the majority of whom will, in a particular academic year, attain the same age.