Explanatory note

These Regulations, which apply only in relation to nursery education provision in Wales, prescribe the period within which a report of an inspection of nursery education under Schedule 26 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 must be made; the authorities and persons to whom a copy of such a report must be sent; and the intervals at which nursery education is to be inspected under that Schedule (regulations 3 and 4).

Apart from the intervals for inspections, which are increased from 5 to 6 years, these provisions largely replicate provisions contained in the Nursery Education Regulations 1996 (as amended), which are revoked in relation to Wales (regulation 5).