The Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (Consequential Amendments) (Secondary Legislation) (No. 1) Regulations 2022

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

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

“funded non-maintained nursery education” (“addysg feithrin a gyllidir ond nas cynhelir”) has the meaning given to it in section 80(1)(a) of the 2021 Act;

“maintained nursery school” (“ysgol feithrin a gynhelir”) has the meaning given to it in section 79(1)(b) of the 2021 Act;

“maintained school” (“ysgol a gynhelir”) has the meaning given to it in section 79(1)(a) of the 2021 Act;

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

(a)

in a maintained school or a maintained nursery school, or

(b)

by the provider of funded non-maintained nursery education;

“pupil” (“disgybl”) has the meaning given to it in section 3 of the Education Act 1996(1);

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

“relevant curriculum” (“cwricwlwm perthnasol”) has the meaning given to it in section 56(5) of the 2021 Act;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(2) Expressions used in these Regulations and in the 2021 Act have the same meaning as in that Act.

(1)

1996 c. 56. Subsection (1) was amended by section 57(1) of, and paragraph 9 of Schedule 7 to, the Education Act 1997 (c. 44) and subsections (1) and (1A) were further amended by section 215(1) of, and paragraph 34 of Schedule 21 to, the Education Act 2002 (c. 32).