The Education (Co-ordination of School Admission Arrangements and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

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

“the 1998 Act” (“Deddf 1998”) means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;

“academic year” (“blwyddyn academaidd”) has the meaning given in section 89B(6) of the 1998 Act;

“admission arrangements” (“trefniadau derbyn”) has the meaning given in section 88(2) of the 1998 Act(1);

“admission authority” (“awdurdod derbyn”) has the meaning given in section 88(1) of the 1998 Act(2);

“admission year” (“blwyddyn dderbyn”) means the academic year during which pupils are admitted to a relevant age group under a qualifying scheme or a Welsh Minister scheme;

“application” (“cais”), in relation to arrangements made by a local authority under section 86(1) of the 1998(3) Act, means a parent’s expression of preference in a common application form as to the maintained school at which that parent wishes education to be provided for their child;

“child” (“plentyn”) has the meaning given in section 84(6) of the 1998 Act(4);

“common application form” (“ffurflen gais gyffredin”) means a form provided by a local authority for completion by a parent in respect of an application by that parent;

“composite prospectus” (“prosbectws cyfansawdd”) means the composite prospectus that a local authority is required to publish under regulation 4 of the School Information (Wales) Regulations 2011(5);

“determination year” (“blwyddyn benderfynu”) in relation to the proposed admission arrangements for a school, means the academic year beginning 2 academic years before the academic year to which the admission arrangements relate;

“governing body” (“corff llywodraethu”) has the meaning given in section 19(1) of the Education Act 2002(6);

“local authority” (“awdurdod lleol”) means a county council in Wales and a county borough council in Wales;

“maintained school” (“ysgol a gynhelir”) has the meaning given in section 84(6) of the 1998 Act;

“offer date” (“dyddiad cynnig”) has the meaning given in regulation 6;

“offer year” (“blwyddyn gynnig”) means the academic year immediately preceding the admission year;

“parent” (“rhiant”) has the meaning given in section 576 of the 1996 Act(7);

“primary school” (“ysgol gynradd”) has the meaning given in section 5(1) of the 1996 Act(8);

“pupil” (“disgybl”) has the meaning given in section 3 of the 1996 Act(9);

“qualifying scheme” (“cynllun cymhwysol”) means a scheme formulated by a local authority for co-ordinating arrangements for the admission of pupils to maintained schools in its area under section 89B(1)(a) of the 1998 Act and these Regulations;

“relevant age group” (“grŵp oedran perthnasol”) has the meaning given in section 142(1) of the 1998 Act(10);

“secondary school” (“ysgol uwchradd”) has the meaning given in section 5(2) of the 1996 Act;

“Welsh Minister scheme” (“cynllun Gweinidogion Cymru”) means a scheme for the co-ordination of admission arrangements imposed by the Welsh Ministers under subsection 89B(2) of the 1998 Act;

“working day” (“diwrnod gwaith”) means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday within the meaning of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971(11).

(2) For the purposes of these Regulations an application is made in the course of a normal admission round if—

(a) it is for the admission of a pupil to a relevant age group, and

(b) it is not a late application or an in-year application.

(3) For the purposes of these Regulations an application is a late application if—

(a) it is for the admission of a pupil to a relevant age group,

(b) it is submitted before the first day of the first school term of the admission year,

(c) it is submitted after the date set out in the composite prospectus for the receipt of applications for admission of a pupil to a maintained school, and

(d) a determination relating to the application is not made by an admissions authority on or before the offer date.

(4) For the purposes of these Regulations an application is an in-year application if—

(a) it is for the admission of a pupil to a relevant age group and it is submitted on or after the first day of the admission year, or

(b) it is for the admission of a pupil to an age group other than a relevant age group.

(1)

Section 88(2) was amended by the Education Act 2011 (c. 21), section 64(1) and (2)(c).

(2)

Section 88(1) was amended by S.I. 2010/1158; there are other amendments to section 88 but none are relevant to these Regulations.

(3)

Subsection (1) was amended by S.I. 2010/1158.

(4)

The definition of “child” was substituted by the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c. 22), section 43(1) and (2).

(5)

S.I. 2011/1944 (W. 211); there are amendments but none are relevant to these Regulations.

(6)

2002 c. 32; there are amendments to section 19 but none are relevant to these Regulations.

(7)

Section 576 was amended by the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, Schedule 30, paragraph 180, and Schedule 31.

(8)

Subsection (1) was amended by the Education Act 2002, Part 3 of Schedule 22.

(9)

Section 3 was amended by the Education Act 1997 (c. 44), paragraph 9 of Schedule 7, and the Education Act 2002, Schedule 21, paragraph 34(1) to (3).

(10)

1998 c. 31; there are amendments but none are relevant to these Regulations.

(11)

1971 c. 80; there are amendments but none are relevant to these Regulations.