Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Act 2025

37 Interpretation

In this Part—

(a) “Welsh language education” means—

(i) teaching Welsh, and

(ii) education and training through the medium of Welsh,

in a school, during school sessions, to pupils of compulsory school age;

(b) references to a “school‍” are to a maintained school that has pupils of compulsory school age;

(c) “nursery education” means full-time or part-time education suitable for children who have not attained compulsory school age (whether provided at schools or elsewhere);

(d) “childcare” means any form of supervised care or activity for a child, other than—

(i) care provided for a child by a parent, relative or foster parent of the child,

(ii) education (or any other supervised activity) provided by a school during school hours for a registered pupil, or

(iii) any form of health care for a child;

(e) references to “Primarily Welsh Language”, “Dual Language” and “Primarily English Language, partly Welsh” language categories are to be read in accordance with Part 3;

(f) an “education practitioner” means—

(i) a school teacher within the meaning given by section 122 of the Education Act 2002 (c. 32), and

(ii) a school learning support worker within the meaning given by Schedule 2 to the Education (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 5);

(g) “foundation governor”, in relation to a foundation school or a voluntary school, means a person appointed as a foundation governor in accordance with regulations under section 19 of the Education Act 2002 (c. 32).