PART 3

WELSH LANGUAGE EDUCATION

Introduction

Overview and interpretation
8
1
This Part—
a
makes provision about designating a language category to each school (see sections 9 to 13), and, accordingly, about—
i
the amount of Welsh language education to be provided in the school, and
ii
the school’s Welsh language learning goal;
b
requires each school to have a Welsh language education delivery plan (see sections 14 to 19) that sets out (among other things) how the school intends to meet its Welsh language learning goal;
c
requires each local authority to maintain and publish a register of the language category of each school in its area (see section 22);
d
requires each local authority to promote late immersion education in Welsh (see section 23).
2
For the purposes of 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
“Welsh language nursery education” means—
i
teaching Welsh, and
ii
education through the medium of Welsh
in a school or maintained nursery school, during school sessions, to pupils under compulsory school age;
c
references to a “school” mean a maintained school that has pupils of compulsory school age.
S. 8 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 56(4)(5)