The Education (School Day and School Year) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2006

• Citation: S.I. 2006/1262 (W.)
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Title and commencement

The title of these Regulations is the Education (School Day and School Year) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 and they come into force on 1 August 2006.

Section 2 Amendment of Regulations

(1) The Education (School Day and School Year) (Wales) Regulations 2003 are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 3, in the appropriate alphabetical order insert–

“key stage” is to be construed in accordance with section 103 of the Education Act 2002” .

(3) For regulation 5 substitute–

(5)

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), this paragraph applies to any school session falling within the school years 2006- 2007 and 2007- 2008 which is devoted (wholly or mainly) to the provision of any one or more of the following forms of training (including training attended by both teaching and non-teaching staff and training conducted jointly with other schools), namely–

(a) training in, or in connection with, the preparation and implementation of plans aimed at facilitating the transition of pupils from one key stage to the next or from primary school to secondary school (including plans of the kind referred to in section 198 of the Education Act 2002 if the governing body of the school are, or expect to be, required by the National Assembly for Wales to participate in drawing up such a plan);

(b) training related to prospective changes to the National Curriculum for Wales ;

(c) training related to the proposals of the National Assembly contained in its circular 37/2004 entitled “Learning Pathways 14- 19” for extending the range of learning options available to 14- 19 year olds (including developing the role of Learning Coach in supporting young people’s learning, and developing a comprehensive Learning Pathways Plan).

(2) Paragraph (1) is to have effect in relation to no more than four school sessions in each of the school years in relation to which that paragraph applies.

(3) Where paragraph (1) applies in relation to a school session, that session is to be regarded for the purposes of regulation 4 as a session on which the school has met.