Education (Maintained Special Schools) (Wales) Regulations 1999
3.—(1) The Education (Maintained Special Schools) (Wales) Regulations 1999(1) are amended as follows.
(2) These amendments take effect in respect of pupils attending a maintained special school who—
(a)from 1 September 2022 are—
(i)in years 1 to 6;
(ii)in year 7 in those schools and other settings where the head teacher and governing body have adopted a relevant curriculum under Part 2 of the 2021 Act;
(b)from 1 September 2023 are—
(i)in year 7;
(ii)in year 8;
(c)from 1 September 2024 are in year 9;
(d)from 1 September 2025 are in year 10;
(e)from 1 September 2026 are in years 11 to 13.
(3) In regulation 12(2)—
(a)for the heading “Religious Education” substitute “Religious Worship”, and
(b)omit paragraph (a) and the “and” after it.
(4) In Schedule 1, in paragraph 6—
(a)for “relevant subject”, in each place it occurs, substitute “area of learning and experience”,
(b)for “relevant subjects”, in each place it occurs, substitute “areas of learning and experience”,
(c)for “the first key stage”, in each place it occurs, substitute “year 1 or year 2”,
(d)for “the second key stage”, in each place it occurs, substitute “years 3 to 6”,
(e)for “the third key stage”, in each place it occurs, substitute “years 7 to 9”,
(f)for “the fourth key stage”, in each place it occurs, substitute “year 10 or year 11”,
(g)for sub-paragraph (7) substitute—
“(7) For the purposes of this paragraph, “areas of learning and experience” means areas of expressive arts, health and well-being, humanities, languages, literacy and communication, mathematics, numeracy, science and technology, including the mandatory elements of Relationships and Sexuality Education and Religion, Values and Ethics (but not the mandatory elements of English or Welsh).”, and
(h)in sub-paragraph (8)—
(i)after paragraph (a) omit “and”,
(ii)in paragraph (b), omit “and references to key stages shall be construed in accordance with section 355 of the Education Act 1996”, and
(iii)after paragraph (b) insert—
“(c)“pupil” has the meaning given to it in section 3 of the Education Act 1996;
(d)“year 1” means the year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 6;
(e)“year 2” means the year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 7;
(f)“year 3” means the year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 8;
(g)“year 4” means the year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 9;
(h)“year 5” means the year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 10;
(i)“year 6” means the year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 11;
(j)“year 7” means the year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 12;
(k)“year 8” means the year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 13;
(l)“year 9” means the year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 14;
(m)“year 10” means the year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 15;
(n)“year 11” means the year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 16;
(o)“year group” means a group of pupils at a school the majority of whom will, in a particular school year, attain the same age.”
Regulation 12 was substituted by S.I. 2009/48, regulation 2.