Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Act 2025

19 Minimum amount of Welsh language education: further exemption

(1) This section applies where a governing body of a school that is exempted in accordance with section 18(3)(a)—

(a) is preparing the school’s second Welsh language education delivery plan, and

(b) remains of the view that it is not reasonably practicable for the school to provide the minimum amount of Welsh language education required for a “Primarily English Language, partly Welsh” category school.

(2) The second Welsh language education delivery plan submitted to the local authority under section 15(1) must set out—

(a) why the proposals referred to in section 18(2)(b) were not implemented, or why those proposals did not succeed;

(b) why, in the opinion of the governing body, providing the minimum amount of Welsh language education is still not reasonably practicable for the school;

(c) the governing body’s further proposals for ensuring that the school can provide the minimum amount of Welsh language education (at least);

(d) the date by which the proposals referred to in paragraph (c) will be implemented, such a date being no later than the end of the three-year period for which the draft delivery plan has effect;

(e) information about the support that the governing body considers necessary for the school to be able to provide the minimum amount of Welsh language education.

(3) If the local authority (in accordance with section 15) approves a Welsh language education delivery plan for a school that sets out the matters referred to in subsection (2)—

(a) the school’s governing body is exempt from the requirement to provide the minimum amount of Welsh language education until the date set out in the delivery plan in accordance with subsection (2)(d);

(b) the school’s language category is deemed to be designated as the “Primarily English Language, partly Welsh” category until the date set out in the delivery plan in accordance with subsection (2)(d);

(c) the school’s governing body must take all reasonable steps to implement the proposals set out in the delivery plan in accordance with subsection (2)(c), by the date set out in accordance with subsection (2)(d);

(d) the local authority must provide the following to the Welsh Ministers—

(i) the reasons why the school’s delivery plan was approved;

(ii) information about any support offered to the school’s governing body.