Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Act 2025

15 Approval of Welsh language education delivery plans

(1) A school’s governing body must submit a draft of the Welsh language education delivery plan prepared under section 14 to the local authority that maintains the school.

(2) The draft must be submitted at least 9 months before the start of the period in which the Welsh language education delivery plan is to have effect.

(3) When submitting the draft, the governing body must provide a summary of the responses to the consultation conducted in accordance with section 14(2)(b).

(4) The local authority may—

(a) approve the Welsh language education delivery plan as it was submitted (including the language category specified within it),

(b) approve the delivery plan with modifications agreed with the governing body of the school, or

(c) reject the delivery plan and give a direction to the governing body to reconsider the delivery plan.

(5) Approval of a school’s Welsh language education delivery plan under subsection (4)(a) or (b) has the effect of designating, as the school’s language category, the language category set out in the delivery plan.

(6) If a local authority rejects a draft Welsh language education delivery plan, the direction given under subsection (4)(c) must—

(a) give reasons for the decision;

(b) specify by when the governing body must submit a further draft of the delivery plan to the local authority.

(7) Subsections (4) to (6) apply to a draft Welsh language education delivery plan submitted by a school’s governing body in response to a direction under subsection (4)(c) as they apply to a draft submitted under subsection (1).

(8) A school’s governing body must publish the approved Welsh language education delivery plan.

(9) A school’s governing body must take all reasonable steps to implement the proposals set out by virtue of section 14(1)(e),‍ (f), (g), (h) and (i) in the approved Welsh language education delivery plan.