# The Education Development Plans (Wales) Regulations 2002, Regulation 3: Interpretation


(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
“the 1996 Act” (“Deddf 1996”) means the Education Act 1996;
“the 1998 Act” (“Deddf 1998”) means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;
“the 1999 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 1999”) means the Education (School Performance and Unauthorised Absence Targets) (Wales) Regulations 1999;
“to achieve the Core Subject Indicator” (“cyflawni'r Dangosydd Pynciau Craidd”) means—
(i) in relation to second key stage pupils, that those pupils are to be assessed as having achieved level 4 or above in NC tests for that key stage in English or Welsh (other than Welsh second language) and in both mathematics and science,
(ii) in relation to third key stage pupils, that those pupils are to be assessed as having achieved level 5 or above in NC tests for that key stage in English or Welsh (other than Welsh second language) and in both mathematics and science, and
(iii) in relation to pupils who will attain the age of 16 years during the school year in question, that those pupils are to have achieved any grade from A* to C in a GCSE examination in English or Welsh (other than Welsh second language) and in both a GCSE examination in mathematics and a GCSE examination in science;
“annexes” (“atodiadau”) means annexes to a statement of proposals comprising part of an education strategic plan;
“authority” (“awdurdod”) means local education authority;
“the core subjects” (“y pynciau craidd”) has the meaning given to it in section 354(1) of the 1996 Act;
“education strategic plan” (“cynllun strategol addysg”) means an education development plan prepared by an authority in accordance with section 6(1) of the 1998 Act;
“ELQ” (“ELQ”) means a qualification described and approved as an Entry Level Qualification by the National Assembly under section 99 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000;
“the Financing Regulations” (“y Rheoliadau Cyllido”) means the Financing of Maintained Schools Regulations 1999;
“the first day of the plan” (“diwrnod cyntaf y cynllun”) in relation to an education strategic plan means the first day of the period to which that plan relates;
“full plan” (“cynllun llawn”) means an education strategic plan prepared by an authority dealing with the matters and containing the material specified in Parts II and III of these regulations, and “2002—05 full plan” (“cynllun llawn 2002—05”) means the full plan referred to in Regulation 4(1);
“GCSE” (“TGAU”) means a General Certificate of Secondary Education, and “GCSE examination” (“arholiad TGAU”) means an examination, the course leading to which is a full GCSE course of study;
“GCSE short course” (“cwrs byr TGAU”) means a GCSE course designed to cover a proportion only (being not less than half) of the corresponding full GCSE course of study, and to which the same grading standards are applied, and “GCSE short course examination” (“arholiad cwrs byr TGAU”) means an examination, the course leading to which is a GCSE short course;
“GNVQ” (“GNVQ”) means a General National Vocational Qualification;
“level 4” (“lefel 4”) and “level 5” (“lefel 5”) mean levels 4 and 5 respectively of the National Curriculum level scale as determined by the results of NC tests;
“looked after by a local authority” (“derbyn gofal gan awdurdod lleol”) in relation to a child has the meaning given to it in section 22 of the Children Act 1989, and “looked after children” (“plant sy'n derbyn gofal”) shall be construed accordingly;
“mainstream class” (“dosbarth prif-ffrwd”) is a class in a mainstream school, which has not been designated by the authority as a special class;
“mainstream school” (“ysgol brif-ffrwd”) is a school which is not a special school;
“maintained school” (“ysgol a gynhelir”) means a community, foundation or voluntary school or a community or foundation special school;
“the National Assembly” (“y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol”) means the National Assembly for Wales;
“NC tests” (“profion y CC”) means National Curriculum tests administered to pupils for the purpose of assessing the level of attainment which they have achieved in English, Welsh, science or mathematics, being tests laid down in provisions made by the National Assembly under the appropriate order made under section 356(2) of the 1996 Act in force when those tests are administered;
“NVQ” (“NVQ”) means National Vocational Qualification;
“period of the plan” (“cyfnod y cynllun”) means the period specified in regulation 4;
“pupil” (“disgybl”) has the meaning given to it in section 3 of the 1996 Act;
“school year” (“blwyddyn ysgol”) means a period of one year beginning on 1st September;
“Schools' Census enumeration date” (“dyddiad rhifo'r Cyfrifiad Ysgolion”) means the date by reference to which the National Assembly annually requires information to be provided relating to maintained schools in Wales pursuant to section 29(1) of the 1996 Act;
“Schools' Census return” (“ffurflen Gyfrifiad Ysgolion”) means the return which an authority are required by the National Assembly to complete each year pursuant to section 29(1) of the 1996 Act;
“schools maintained by the authority” (“ysgolion a gynhelir gan yr awdurdod”) does not include schools which are not maintained schools as defined herein;
“second key stage” (“cyfnod allweddol dau”) and “ third key stage” (“cyfnod allweddol tri”) mean the periods specified in paragraphs (b) and (c) respectively of section 355(1) of the 1996 Act;
“second key stage pupils” (“disgyblion cyfnod allweddol dau”) and “third key stage pupils” (“disgyblion cyfnod allweddol tri”) mean pupils who are in the second and third key stages respectively;
“special educational needs” (“anghenion addysgol arbennig”) has the meaning given to it by section 312(1) of the Education Act 1996;
“statemented pupils” (“disgyblion sy'n destun datganiad”) means pupils with special educational needs in respect of whom a statement has been made under section 324 of the Education Act 1996 and “non-statemented pupils” (“disgyblion nad ydynt yn destun datganiad”) means pupils with special educational needs in respect of whom no such statement has been made;
“supplementary plan” (“cynllun atodol”) means an education strategic plan dealing with the matters and containing the material specified in Part IV of these Regulations, and “first supplementary plan” (“cynllun atodol cyntaf”) and “second supplementary plan” (“ail gynllun atodol”) in relation to a full plan mean the supplementary plans prepared in respect of the periods specified in regulations 4(3) and 4(4) respectively;
“travellers' children” (“plant i deithwyr”), in relation to a plan, means children who—
(a) by reason of their parents' way of life, either have no fixed abode or leave their main abode to live elsewhere for significant periods of each year; or
(b) fell within paragraph (a) above within a period of two years immediately preceding the first day of the plan;
“vocational qualification” (“cymhwyster galwedigaethol ”) means—
(a) a Part One GNVQ,
(b) an Intermediate GNVQ,
(c) a Foundation GNVQ,
(d) a GNVQ Language Unit, or
(e) an NVQ,
approved under section 99 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000.
(2) In these Regulations a reference—
(a) to a numbered regulation is to the regulation in these Regulations bearing that number;
(b) to a numbered paragraph in a regulation or Schedule is to the paragraph bearing that number in that regulation or Schedule;
unless the context requires otherwise.
(3) Any reference in these Regulations to a pupil achieving—
(a) a grade in a GCSE examination,
(b) a vocational qualification, or
(c) a grade in a GCSE short course examination,
by the end of a school year, shall be construed as a reference to that pupil achieving that grade or qualification in the school year in which he or she—
(i) takes that examination, or
(ii) (as the case may be) completes the course leading to the award of that qualification,
and irrespective of whether the decision to award the grade or qualification is made in a later school year.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2002/1187/regulation/3 (the official version)
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