Explanatory note

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.