The Education (National Curriculum) (Exceptions) (Wales) Regulations 1989

• Citation: S.I. 1989/1308
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement, application and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education (National Curriculum) (Exceptions) (Wales) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 28th August 1989.

(2) These Regulations apply to schools in Wales only.

(3) In these Regulations:–

“ the Act ” means the Education Reform Act 1988;

“class” in relation to a particular subject means the teaching group in which pupils are regularly taught that subject.

Section 2 Exceptions to the provisions of the National Curriculum

In relation to pupils in the first key stage in a class in a school if more than one half of the following subjects namely:–

(i) religious education; and

(ii) the subjects other than English and Welsh which are foundation subjects in relation to pupils at the school

are taught (wholly or partly) in Welsh in that class, the following shall not apply:–

(a) the provisions of section 10(3) of the Act in so far as they relate to the requirement for English to be taught for a reasonable time during the first key stage; and

(b) the provisions of the Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in English) Order 1989 in so far as they relate to the specification in relation to English of the attainment targets and programmes of study for pupils in the first key stage.