The Government of Maintained Schools (Training Requirements for Governors) (Wales) Regulations 2013

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the 2005 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 2005”) means the Government of Maintained Schools (Wales) Regulations 2005(1);

“the 2010 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 2010”) means the Federation of Maintained Schools and Miscellaneous Amendments (Wales) Regulations 2010(2);

“the 2011 Measure” (“Mesur 2011”) means the Education (Wales) Measure 2011;

“the 2012 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 2012”) means the School Governance (Transition from an Interim Executive Board) (Wales) Regulations 2012(3);

“chair of a governing body” (“cadeirydd corff llywodraethu”) means someone elected to that position in accordance with regulation 39 of the 2005 Regulations or regulation 47 of the 2010 Regulations;

“a governor” (“llywodraethwr”) means any of the categories of governor, except associate pupil governors, referred to in Part 2 of the 2005 Regulations or Part 3 of the 2010 Regulations;

“local authority chair training” (“hyfforddiant awdurdod lleol i gadeirydd”) means training for the chairs of governing bodies provided by, or on behalf of a local authority and completed in the 2 years immediately preceding the coming into force of these Regulations;

“local authority induction training” (“hyfforddiant ymsefydlu awdurdod lleol”) means training for new governors provided by, or on behalf of a local authority and completed in the 2 years immediately preceding the coming into force of these Regulations;

“local authority school performance data training” (“hyfforddiant awdurdod lleol ar ddata perfformiad ysgolion”) means training for governors about school performance data provided by, or on behalf of, a local authority and completed in the year immediately preceding the coming into force of these Regulations;

“maintained school” (“ysgol a gynhelir”) means a school in Wales maintained by a local authority;

“relevant break in service as a chair” (“saib perthnasol mewn gwasanaeth fel cadeirydd”) means a period of at least 5 consecutive years since a governor last served as a chair of a governing body;

“relevant break in service as a governor” (“saib perthnasol mewn gwasanaeth fel llywodraethwr”) means a period of at least 5 consecutive years since a person last served as a governor at a maintained school;

“the chair training” (“yrhyfforddiant i gadeirydd”) means the training set out in a document published by the Welsh Ministers in September 2013 and called “Content of the training for chairs of governors in Wales”(4) which sets out for the purpose of section 22(4) of the 2011 Measure the prescribed training;

“the induction training” (“yr hyfforddiant ymsefydlu”) means the training set out in a document published by the Welsh Ministers in September 2013 called “Content of induction training for governors in Wales”(5) which sets out for the purpose of section 22(4) of the 2011 Measure the prescribed training; and

“the school performance data training” (“yr hyfforddiant ar ddata perfformiad ysgolion”) means the training set out in a document published by the Welsh Ministers in September 2013 and called “Content of training for school governors in Wales on understanding school data”(6) which sets out for the purpose of section 22(4) of the 2011 Measure the prescribed training.

(2) Any reference in these Regulations to a governing body is a reference to a governing body of a maintained school.

(3) For the purposes of the 2012 Regulations—

(a) references in these Regulations to a “governing body”, “governor” and “governors” are to be read as references to “shadow governing body”, “shadow governor” and “shadow governors”;

(b) references to different categories of governors are to be read as references to shadow governors of the same category.

(1)

S.I. 2005/2914 (W.211) as amended by S.I. 2005/3200 (W.236), S.I. 2006/873 (W.81), S.I. 2007/944 (W.80), S.I. 2009/2544 (W.206), S.I. 2010/638 (W.64), S.I. 2010/1142 (W.101), S.I. 2010/2582 (W.216) and as modified by S.I. 2012/1643 (W.212).

(2)

S.I. 2010/638 (W.64).

(3)

S.I. 2012/1643 (W.212)

(4)

ISBN No 978-0-7504-9648-3.

(5)

ISBN No 978-0-7504-9646-9.

(6)

ISBN No 978-0-7504-9650-6.