2.—(1) The Education (Information About Individual Pupils) (Wales) Regulations 2007(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3—
(a)after the definition of “child looked after by a local authority” insert—
““first language circular” (“cylchlythyr iaith gyntaf”) means the “Collecting and recording data on pupils' first language”(2) circular published by the Welsh Ministers under circular number 001/2011;”;
(b)after the definition of “key stage” insert—
““language code” (“cod iaith”) means the main codes and sub codes for the standard language categories set out in Annex A to the first language circular;”;
(c)after the definition of “register” insert—
““relevant qualification” (“cymhwyster perthnasol”) has the meaning given to it in section 30(5) of the Education Act 1997;”; and
(d)after the definition of “unauthorised absence” insert—
““unique learner number” (“rhif unigryw dysgwr”), in relation to a registered pupil at a school, means the specific combination of letters and numbers allocated to the pupil by the Chief Executive of the Skills Funding Agency as that pupil’s unique learner number; and”.
(3) In regulation 5—
(a)at the end of paragraph (2) insert—
“(e)the Skills Funding Agency(3);
(f)any body recognised by the Welsh Ministers under section 30(1)(e) of the Education Act 1997 in respect of the award or authentication of a specified qualification or description of relevant qualification;
(g)the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation; and
(h)any body which is recognised by the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation under section 132 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 in respect of the award or authentication of a specified qualification or description of qualification to which Part 7 of that Act applies.”.
(4) In Part 1 of Schedule 2—
(a)at the end of paragraph 1(j) insert—
“(k)unique learner number, where known.”; and
(b)at the end of paragraph 16 insert—
“17. Where the pupil is learning English or Welsh as an additional language a statement as to that pupil’s level of development in English being—
(a)category A: new to English;
(b)category B: early acquisition;
(c)category C: developing competence;
(d)category D: competent; or
(e)category E: fluent.
18. The language code that best describes the pupil’s first language.”.
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The Skills Funding Agency is an agency of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.