# The Education (School Day and School Year) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 W.S.I. 2025/743 · made 23 June 2025 The Education (School Day and School Year) (Wales) Regulations 2003 (“the 2003 Regulations”) make provision about the length of the school day, which is ordinarily divided into two sessions with a break in the middle, and for schools to meet for at least 380 sessions during any school year. Made under: Education Act 1996 (Section 551, Section 569) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-day-and-school-year-wales-amendment-regulations-2025/pdf/wsi_20250743_mi.pdf ## Introductory text Education, Wales Made 23 June 2025 Laid before Senedd Cymru 25 June 2025 Coming into force 22 July 2025 The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 551(1) and 569(4) and (5) of the Education Act 1996, and now vested in them, make the following Regulations: ## 1 Title and coming into force (1) The title of these Regulations is the Education (School Day and School Year) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2025. (2) These Regulations come into force on 22 July 2025. ## 2 Amendment of the Education (School Day and School Year) (Wales) Regulations 2003 Regulation 5 of the Education (School Day and School Year) (Wales) Regulations 2003 is amended as follows— (a) for paragraph (1) substitute— “(1) This paragraph applies to any school session falling within the school year 2025-2026 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 for pupils at the school; (c) the curriculum to be provided at the school under Parts 2 and 3 of the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021; (d) the assessment arrangements to be made under Part 4 of the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021.”, and (b) in paragraph (2), for “each school year” substitute “the school year 2025-26”. ## Signature Lynne Neagle Cabinet Secretary for Education, one of the Welsh Ministers 23 June 2025 ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Regulations) The Education (School Day and School Year) (Wales) Regulations 2003 (“the 2003 Regulations”) make provision about the length of the school day, which is ordinarily divided into two sessions with a break in the middle, and for schools to meet for at least 380 sessions during any school year. These Regulations substitute a new paragraph (1) in regulation 5 of the 2003 Regulations to provide that no more than two sessions in the 2025-2026 school year will count as sessions on which the school has met, if those sessions are devoted (wholly or mainly) to any of the matters prescribed. The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, a regulatory impact assessment has been prepared as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations. A copy can be obtained from the Leadership Branch, School Practitioner Division, Welsh Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/743 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-day-and-school-year-wales-amendment-regulations-2025 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.