# The Education (School Day and School Year) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2001

S.I. 2001/1429 · made 9 April 2001

These Regulations amend the Education (School Day and School Year) (England) Regulations 1999.

Made under: Education Act 1996 (Section 551, Section 569)

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## Introductory text

EDUCATION, ENGLAND
Made 9th April 2001
Laid before Parliament 10th April 2001
Coming into force 1st July 2001
In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 551 and 569(4) of the Education Act 1996, the Secretary of State for Education and Employment hereby makes the following Regulations:

## 1 

These Regulations may be cited as the Education (School Day and School Year) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 1st July 2001.

## 2 

The Education (School Day and School Year) (England) Regulations 1999 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.

## 3 

At the end of regulation 3 there shall be added the following paragraph—
“(6) In relation to the 2001–2002 school year, the reference in paragraph (2) to 380 sessions shall instead be taken as a reference to 378 sessions.”.

## 4 

There shall be added after regulation 4, the following regulation—
“5 (1) Where a school session in the 2001–2002 school year is devoted wholly or mainly to the provision to teachers employed at that school of training to which this paragraph applies, that session shall be regarded for the purposes of regulation 3 as a session on which that school has met.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not have effect in relation to more than two school sessions.
(3) Paragraph (1) applies to training relating to the teaching of pupils at the school who are in the third key stage.”

## Signature

Estelle Morris
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Employment
9th April 2001

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Education (School Day and School Year) (England) Regulations 1999.
Regulation 3 is amended so that the length of the 2001–2002 school year is reduced by one day, from 380 sessions to 378 sessions for schools maintained by the local education authority and special schools not so maintained.
A new regulation 5 is added so that the maximum number of sessions devoted to training is increased by two sessions in the 2001–2002 school year for training relating to the teaching of pupils at the school in the third key stage.

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