The Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (Consequential Amendments) (Primary Legislation) Regulations 2022

Children Act 1989 (c. 41)

1.—(1) The Children Act 1989 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 47 (local authority’s duty to investigate), in subsection (5ZA), in paragraph (a), in sub-paragraph (ii), after “section 19” insert “or 19A”.

(3) In Schedule 2 (support for children and families provided by local authorities in England), in paragraph 12D (avoidance of disruption in education)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1), after “fourth key stage” insert “or within sub-paragraph (3)”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (2)—

(i) omit “or 7”;

(ii) omit “and 103”;

(c) after sub-paragraph (2) insert—

“(3) A child is within this sub-paragraph if the child—

(a) is a pupil at a maintained school maintained by a local authority in Wales,

(b) has completed the school year in which the majority of pupils in the child’s class attained the age of 14, and

(c) is still of compulsory school age.

(4) In sub-paragraph (3)—

(a) “pupil”, “school year” and “compulsory school age” have the meaning given by the Education Act 1996;

(b) “maintained school” has the meaning given by section 20(7) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;

(c) “the child’s class” means—

(i) the teaching group in which the child is regularly taught at school, or

(ii) where there are two or more such groups, the group designated by the head teacher of the child’s school.”