Introductory text

education, wales

Made 26 March 2026

The Welsh Ministers in exercise of the power conferred on them by section 39(4)(b) of the School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013^f1 (“the 2013 Act”) make the following Order.

The Welsh Ministers have consulted each local authority, the governing body of each maintained school, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales, the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research, and such other persons they consider appropriate on a draft of the School Organisation Code (“the Code”) in accordance with section 39(1) of the 2013 Act.

In accordance with section 39(2) of the 2013 Act, a draft of the Code was laid before Senedd Cymru^f2 on 6 February 2026.

In accordance with section 39(3) of the 2013 Act, within a period of 40 days Senedd Cymru did not resolve not to approve the draft Code, and the Code was issued in the form of that draft.