School Funding (Wales) Regulations 2010

7.—(1) The School Funding (Wales) Regulations 2010(1) are amended as follows.

(2) These amendments take effect in respect of pupils who—

(a) from 1 September 2022 are—

(i) receiving nursery education at a maintained nursery school;

(ii) in their reception year at a maintained school;

(iii) in years 1 to 6 at a maintained school;

(iv) in year 7 at a maintained school 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 13(7)(a), omit “key stage or”.

(4) In Schedule 1—

(a) in paragraph 19, omit “sections 116A to 116O of the 2002 Act and”,

(b) omit paragraph 23, and

(c) in paragraph 24—

(i) after “section 390 of the 1996 Act” insert “or a Standing Advisory Council on Religion, Values and Ethics constituted by the local authority under section 390(1A) of the 1996 Act”, and

(ii) after “Schedule 31 to the 1996 Act” insert “or of Religion, Values and Ethics(2) in accordance with Schedule 1 to the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021”.

(1)

S.I. 2010/824 (W. 87).

(2)

Schedule 31 to the Education Act 1996 was amended by Schedule 1 to the 2021 Act. Paragraph A1 of Schedule 31 imposes the duty to convene a conference for the purpose of preparing the first syllabus of Religion, Values and Ethics to be adopted by the local authority in Wales under section 375A of that Act; paragraph 9A of Schedule 13 makes provision in respect of the adoption of the first syllabus of Religion, Values and Ethics.