Paragraph 1 Children Act 1989 (c. 41)I1I2I3I4I5

in sub-paragraph (1), after “fourth key stage” insert “or within sub-paragraph (3)”;

in sub-paragraph (2)—

after sub-paragraph (2) insert—

“(3)

A child is within this sub-paragraph if the child—

(a)

is a pupil at a maintained school maintained by a local authority in Wales,

(b)

has completed the school year in which the majority of pupils in the child’s class attained the age of 14, and

(c)

is still of compulsory school age.

(4)

In sub-paragraph (3)—

(a)

“pupil”, “school year” and “compulsory school age” have the meaning given by the Education Act 1996;

(b)

“maintained school” has the meaning given by section 20(7) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;

(c)

“the child’s class” means—

(i)

the teaching group in which the child is regularly taught at school, or

(ii)

where there are two or more such groups, the group designated by the head teacher of the child’s school.”