Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Act 2025

16 Review and amendment of Welsh language education delivery plan

(1) A school’s governing body must review its Welsh language education delivery plan at least once before the end of the period for which it has effect.

(2) A school’s governing body may amend a Welsh language education delivery plan in accordance with this section (but see section 17 for further provision if the governing body intends to change the school’s language category).

(3) In reviewing or amending the Welsh language education delivery plan, the school’s governing body must have regard to the local Welsh in education strategic plan of the local authority that maintains the school (see section 30).

(4) A school’s governing body must submit a draft of the school’s amended Welsh language education delivery plan to the local authority that maintains the school.

(5) When submitting the draft, the school’s governing body must provide a summary of the amendments proposed and the reasons for them.

(6) The local authority may—

(a) approve the amended Welsh language education delivery plan as submitted,

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

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

(7) If a local authority rejects an amended Welsh language education delivery plan, the direction given under subsection (6)(c)—

(a) must give reasons for the decision;

(b) must specify by when the school’s governing body must—

(i) submit a further draft of the delivery plan to the local authority, or

(ii) notify the local authority that it no longer proposes to amend its delivery plan;

(c) may require the school’s governing body to consult the persons listed in section 14(2)(b), if such a consultation has not taken place.

(8) Subsections (5) to (7) apply to an amended Welsh language education delivery plan submitted in response to a direction under subsection (6)(c) in the same way as they apply to an amended delivery plan submitted under subsection (4).

(9) A school’s governing body must—

(a) publish the approved Welsh language education delivery plan, as amended;

(b) 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, as amended.