Regulation 2 Amendment of the Education (School Day and School Year) (Wales) Regulations 2003I1

The Education (School Day and School Year) (Wales) Regulations 2003^f1 are amended as follows.

In regulation 3, in the definition of “school” omit “, or a special school not maintained by a local authority”.

In regulation 4, for paragraph (8) substitute—

“(8)

The reference in paragraph (2) to 380 sessions is to be taken as a reference to 376 sessions in relation to the school year 2022–2023.”

For regulation 5 substitute—

“5.

(1)

This paragraph applies to any school session falling within the school years 2022–2023, 2023–2024 and 2024–2025 which is devoted (wholly or mainly) to the provision of training (including training attended by both teaching and non-teaching staff and training conducted jointly with other schools) or preparation and planning, in relation to one or more of the following—

(a)

reducing the impact of poverty on the progression and attainment of pupils at the school;

(b)

the operation of the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018^f2 for pupils at the school;

(c)

the curriculum to be provided at the school under Part 2 of the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021^f3.

(2)

Paragraph (1) is to have effect in relation to no more than two school sessions in each school year.

(3)

Where paragraph (1) applies, that session is to be regarded for the purposes of regulation 4 as a session on which the school has met.”