Explanatory note

These Regulations amend regulation 10 of the Education (Schools and Further Education) Regulations 1981, which relates to the duration of the school year and day, in two ways.

First, the requirements as to minimum hours of secular instruction are revoked (except in the case of nursery classes and schools). Secondly, the regulations provide that where, in the spring term in the 1990/91 academic year, a maximum of two school sessions are devoted to the training of teachers at the school for the introduction of National Curriculum assessment arrangements for pupils in the first key stage, each such session shall be treated for the purposes of the regulations as a session on which the school has met.