Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010

12 S For the purposes of this schedule and schedule 2—

• “catchment area” has the meaning given in section 28A(3D) of the 1980 Act,

• “denominational school” is a school of a type referred to in section 21 of the 1980 Act,

• “English medium education” means teaching by means of the English language,

• “Gaelic medium education” means teaching [F1 and learning] by means of the Gaelic language (as spoken in Scotland),

• “nursery class”, “primary education”, secondary education” and “further education” are to be construed in accordance with section 135(1) and (2) of the 1980 Act,

• “primary school” and “secondary school” are schools where primary and secondary education respectively are provided (whether or not exclusively),

• “school commencement date” has the meaning given in section 32(1) of the 1980 Act,

• “special school” has the meaning given in section 29(1) of the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 4) and “special class” is a class of the kind described there,

• “stage of education” means—

  (a)

  a yearly stage of—

  (i)

  primary education, or

  (ii)

  secondary education,

  (b)

  a nursery class in a school, or

  (c)

  a special class in a school which is not itself a special school.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in sch. 1 para. 12 inserted (15.7.2016) by Education (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 8), ss. 17(2), 33(2); S.S.I. 2016/192, reg. 2, sch.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 1 para. 12 in force at 5.4.2010 by S.S.I. 2010/70, art. 2