Legislation and Official Policy Documents
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Published on Eurydice (https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/national-policies/eurydice) The following list sets out the main educational and related legislation referred to in the text. It includes the following types of primary legislation: Public General Acts of the United Kingdom Parliament (1801 to date) Acts of the National Assembly for Wales (2012 to date) Measures of the National Assembly for Wales (2008 – 2011). It also includes selected secondary legislation. Links are included to the full text and explanatory notes (where available) on the UK Legislation website [1], which is provided by The National Archives. Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018 [2] (Act of the National Assembly for Wales) An Act of the National Assembly for Wales to reform the law on education and training for children and young people with additional learning needs; and to continue the Special Educational Needs Tribunal for Wales and to rename it the Education Tribunal for Wales. It establishes a statutory framework for supporting children and young people with additional learning needs (‘ALN’) for ages 0-25. It replaces the framework for special educational needs (‘SEN’) for those aged up to 16, and the framework for young people with learning difficulties and/or disabilities (LDD) in post-16 education and training. Explanatory notes [3] Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 [4] (Act of Parliament) In relation to Wales, this Act conferred a number of new or expanded powers on the Welsh Ministers, in line with changes being made to certain powers of the Secretary of State in relation to England including powers to specify apprenticeship standards in Wales and to authorise bodies to issue apprenticeship frameworks. In addition, the Act makes two changes which are specific to Wales: a measure to enable institutions within the further education sector in Wales to apply to the Privy Council for the power to grant foundation degrees (section 259) and an amendment to section 29 of the Education Act 2002 to require all schools in Wales to adopt a complaints procedure established by regulations made by Welsh Ministers (section 260). Explanatory notes [5] Care Standards Act 2000 [6] (Act of Parliament) The main purpose of the Act was to reform the regulatory system for care services in England and Wales. In relation to Wales, it made provision for the responsibility for child minding and day care regulation to pass to the registration authority established as part of the National Assembly for Wales. It also established an office of the Children’s Commissioner for Wales. Explanatory note [7] Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000 [8] (Act of Parliament) Children and Young Persons Act 2008 [9] (Act of Parliament) An Act that relates to the provision of local authority [10] social work services for children and young people. It requires the governing body [11]of a maintained school [12] in England and Wales to designate a member of staff (the ‘designated person’) as having responsibility for promoting the educational achievement of looked after children [13] who are registered pupils at the school. Explanatory note [14] Children Act 2004 [15] (Act of Parliament) Explanatory note [16] Childcare Act 2006 [17] (Act of Parliament) Explanatory note [18] Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010 [19] (Measure of the National Assembly for Wales) The Measure mad provision for day care provision and inspection of day care providers, including the duty of local authorities to secure the availability of free childcare in their respective areas and placed each local authority under the duty to establish at least one integrated family support team. Explanatory note [20] Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 [21] (Act of Parliament) The Act brought provisions in eight main areas, of which one (Part 5, Chapter 1) placed varying responsibilities on schools, further education institutions and higher education institutions to promote British values and prevent young people from being drawn into terrorism. Data Protection Act 2018 [22] (Act of Parliament) Modernised data protection laws, setting new standards for protecting personal data, giving individuals more control over use of their data and supporting organisations with their lawful processing of personal data. Explanatory notes [23] Disability Discrimination Act 2005 [24] (Act of Parliament) Explanatory note [25] Education (Admission of Looked After Children) (Wales) Regulations 2009 [26] (Wales Statutory Instrument) The Regulations prescribed the circumstances in which an admission authority for a maintained school must give priority in their admissions arrangements to a child who is looked after by a Welsh local authority. Education (Baseline Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 1999 [27] (UK Statutory Instrument) The Regulations made provision in support of baseline assessment, which was introduced by the Education Act 1997 [28]. Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (Wales) Regulations 2015 [29] (Wales Statutory Instrument) These Regulations revoke and replace the Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (Wales) Regulations 2005, as amended. The provisions of the 2005 Regulations, which required individuals who qualified as teachers after 1 April 2003 to complete an induction period before they could be employed by a maintained school are re-enacted but the references to the General Teaching Council for Wales, which was renamed under the Education Act 2014, have been removed and replaced with references to the Education Workforce Council. Education (Local Curriculum for Pupils in Key Stage 4) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 [30] These Regulations amend the Education (Local Curriculum for Pupils in Key Stage 4) (Wales) Regulations 2009 so that the minimum number of courses that a local authority must include in its local curriculum are 25, of which three must be vocational. Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for Reading and Numeracy) (Wales) Order 2013 [31] This Order gives legal effect to the assessment arrangements for reading and numeracy for pupils who attend schools maintained by a local authority (other than any established in a hospital) in Wales. Education (No 2) Act 1986 [32] (Act of Parliament) Education (Pupil Information) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 [33] (Wales Statutory Instrument) The Regulations made minor amendments to the Education (Pupil Information) (Wales) Regulations 2004 relating to the transfer of secure data, pupils’ common transfer files and reporting school performance to parents. Education (Schools) Act 1992 [34] The Education (Schools) Act 1992 makes provision with respect to the inspection of schools and with respect to information about schools and their pupils. Education (School Day and School Year) (Wales) Regulations 2003 [35] (Wales Statutory Instrument) The Regulations revoked and replaced the Education (School Day and School Year) (Wales) Regulations 2000, making provision about the length of the school day and school year and the training of teachers during the school year. Education (School Inspection) (Wales) Regulations 2006 [36] (Wales Statutory Instrument) These Regulations relate to the Education Act 2005, which set out the statutory framework for the inspection of schools. The Regulations provided for the frequency and length of school inspections and made clear the duties of the local education authority. Education (School Teachers’ Qualifications) (Wales) Regulations 2004 [37] (Wales Statutory Instrument) The Regulations made provision with regards to the accreditation of institutions providing initial teacher training and qualified teacher status. Education (Wales) Act 2014 [38] (Act of the National Assembly for Wales) The Act renamed the GTCW the General Teaching Council for Wales (GTCW) (originally established under the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998) as the Education Workforce Council and expanded its remit to include the registration and regulation of more of the people who are involved in teaching and learning in Wales. The Act also placed local authorities and governing bodies under a duty to co-operate and co-ordinate with each other to ensure that the term dates set are the same for every maintained school in Wales. Explanatory notes [39] Education (Wales) Measure 2009 [40] (Measure of the National Assembly for Wales) The Measure made provision for children to have a right of appeal in respect of special educational needs and a right to make a claim in respect of disability discrimination in schools and made provision for advice and information services relating to special educational needs and disability. It also made provision about the school curriculum. Explanatory notes [41] Education (Wales) Measure 2011 [42] (Measure of the National Assembly for Wales) The Measure made provision for collaboration between local authorities, governing bodies of maintained schools and further education institutions and made provision for the training of the governing bodies of maintained schools and prohibited the establishment of new foundation schools. Explanatory notes [43] Education Act 1944 [44] (Act of Parliament) Established a legal framework embracing different categories of publicly-funded schools in which schools established by voluntary providers became fully integrated into the public education system. The Act also enshrined in legislation the separation of primary from secondary education and the principles for a balanced and broadly-based curriculum. Repealed