PART 3

WELSH LANGUAGE EDUCATION

Language categories of schools

Assessing progress towards meeting Welsh language learning goals
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1
Assessment arrangements made by the Welsh Ministers by regulations under section 56 of the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 4) may make provision for the purpose of ensuring progress of pupils towards achieving a school’s Welsh language learning goal.
2
For this purpose, the assessment arrangements may (among other matters)—
a
refer to a type of Welsh language user or a common reference level set out in the Table in Schedule 1;
b
refer to the Code prepared under section 6;
c
make different provision in relation to pupils attending a “Primarily English Language, partly Welsh” category school that has a temporary exemption from the requirement to provide the minimum amount of Welsh language education under section 18 or 19.
3
In section 7 (progression code) of the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 4), after subsection (1) insert—
1A
In preparing the Progression Code under subsection (1), and keeping it under review under subsection (4), the Welsh Ministers must have regard to the Welsh language learning goals set by section 11 of the Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Act 2025 (asc [ ]).
S. 12 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 56(4)(5)