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Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Act 2025

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 PROMOTION AND FACILITATION OF USE OF THE WELSH LANGUAGE

    1. 1.Welsh language strategy targets: at least a million Welsh speakers and increase in use

    2. 2.Reporting on targets in the Welsh language strategy

    3. 3.Calculating the number of Welsh speakers

    4. 4.Reviewing the Welsh language standards

  3. PART 2 DESCRIBING WELSH LANGUAGE ABILITY

    1. 5.Types of Welsh language user and common reference levels

    2. 6.Code to describe Welsh language ability

    3. 7.Publishing and reviewing the Code

  4. PART 3 WELSH LANGUAGE EDUCATION

    1. Introduction

      1. 8.Overview and interpretation

    2. Language categories of schools

      1. 9.School language categories

      2. 10.Minimum amount of provision of Welsh language education for each language category‍

      3. 11.Welsh language learning goals for each language category

      4. 12.Assessing progress towards meeting Welsh language learning goals

      5. 13.Regulations on school language categories

    3. Welsh language education delivery plans

      1. 14.School Welsh language education delivery plans

      2. 15.Approval of Welsh language education delivery plans

      3. 16.Review and amendment of Welsh language education delivery plan

      4. 17.Amending Welsh language education delivery plan to change school language category

      5. 18.Minimum amount of Welsh language education: temporary exemption

      6. 19.Minimum amount of Welsh language education: further exemption

    4. Special schools

      1. 20.Community special schools: plans and language category designation

    5. Maintained nursery schools

      1. 21.Welsh language nursery education delivery plans

    6. Register

      1. 22.Register of school language categories

    7. Late immersion education

      1. 23.Late immersion education in Welsh

  5. PART 4 PLANNING WELSH LANGUAGE EDUCATION AND LEARNING WELSH

    1. National Framework

      1. 24.National Framework for Welsh Language Education and Learning Welsh

      2. 25.National Framework: further provision on the education workforce

      3. 26.Implementing the National Framework

      4. 27.National Framework: further provision about content, review and amendment

      5. 28.Consultation and publication of the National Framework

      6. 29.Reporting on the National Framework

    2. Local plans

      1. 30.Local Welsh in education strategic plans

      2. 31.Period of local Welsh in education strategic plans

      3. 32.Approval of local Welsh in education strategic plans

      4. 33.Publication and implementation of local Welsh in education strategic plans

      5. 34.Review and amendment of local Welsh in education strategic plans

      6. 35.Regulations

      7. 36.Amendments to the School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013

    3. General

      1. 37.Interpretation

  6. PART 5 NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING WELSH

    1. 38.National Institute for Learning Welsh

    2. Objective and functions of the Learning Welsh Institute

      1. 39.Facilitating and supporting lifelong Welsh language learning

      2. 40.Additional functions

      3. 41.Promoting equality of opportunity

      4. 42.Promoting innovation and continuous improvement

      5. 43.Promoting collaboration in relation to learning Welsh

      6. 44.Promoting co-ordination in relation to learning Welsh

      7. 45.Application of Welsh language standards

    3. General

      1. 46.Strategic plan

      2. 47.Annual report

  7. PART 6 GENERAL

    1. 48.Directions and guidance

    2. 49.Repeal of provisions in the School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013

    3. 50.Education Acts

    4. 51.Interpretation‍

    5. 52.Publication

    6. 53.Sending documents

    7. 54.Regulations under this Act

    8. 55.Consequential and transitional provision etc.

    9. 56.Coming into force

    10. 57.Short title

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      TYPES OF WELSH LANGUAGE USER AND COMMON REFERENCE LEVELS

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING WELSH

      1. PART 1 STATUS

        1. 1.Status

      2. PART 2 MEMBERSHIP

        1. 2.Members

        2. 3.Disqualification from non-executive membership

        3. 4.Non-executive membership terms

        4. 5.Removal etc. of members

      3. PART 3 STAFF

        1. 6.Chief executive

        2. 7.Other staff

      4. PART 4 DELEGATION

        1. 8.Committees and sub-committees

        2. 9.Delegation

      5. PART 5 PROCEDURE ETC.

        1. 10.Procedure

        2. 11.Validity of proceedings and acts

        3. 12.Seal

        4. 13.Evidence

      6. PART 6 FINANCIAL MATTERS

        1. 14.Finance

        2. 15.Accounting officer

        3. 16.Accounts

        4. 17.Audit

        5. 18.Examination into use of resources

        6. 19.Register of interests

        7. 20.Supplementary powers

      7. PART 7 CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENT

        1. 21.Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)

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