# The Education (School Day and School Year) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

S.I. 2023/174 · made 20 February 2023

These Regulations amend the Education (School Day and School Year) (England) Regulations 1999 (“the 1999 Regulations”), which set out the minimum number of school sessions that must be held during a school year at every school maintained by a local authority and every special school not maintained by a local authority in England. Each school day typically consists of two sessions.

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

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-day-and-school-year-england-amendment-regulations-2023/pdf/uksi_20230174_en.pdf; UK Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-day-and-school-year-england-amendment-regulations-2023/pdf/uksiem_20230174_en.pdf

## Introductory text

Education, England
Made 20th February 2023
Laid before Parliament 22nd February 2023
Coming into force 15th March 2023
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 551 and 569(4) of the Education Act 1996.

## 1 Citation, commencement and extent

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education (School Day and School Year) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 15th March 2023.
(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

## 2 Amendment of the Education (School Day and School Year) (England) Regulations 1999

In the Education (School Day and School Year) (England) Regulations 1999, in regulation 3, after paragraph (7) insert—
“(8) In relation to the 2022-2023 school year, the reference in paragraph (2) to 380 sessions is to be taken as a reference to 376 sessions.”.

## Signature

Nick Gibb
Minister of State
Department for Education
20th February 2023

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Education (School Day and School Year) (England) Regulations 1999 (“the 1999 Regulations”), which set out the minimum number of school sessions that must be held during a school year at every school maintained by a local authority and every special school not maintained by a local authority in England. Each school day typically consists of two sessions.
Regulation 3(2) of the 1999 Regulations gives the minimum number of sessions in a school year as 380. These Regulations add a new paragraph (8) that reduces the minimum number of sessions in the school year 2022-23 to 376. This is to allow for schools’ closure for two additional bank holidays in that school year: the bank holiday on 19 September 2022 for the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the bank holiday on 8 May 2023 for the coronation of His Majesty King Charles III.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.
An Explanatory Memorandum is published alongside this instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/174 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-day-and-school-year-england-amendment-regulations-2023
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.