These Regulations revoke and replace regulation 10 of the Education (Schools and Further Education) Regulations 1981 in relation to Wales only.

Regulation 3 makes provision about the length of the school day and the school year.

Regulation 4 provides that not more than six school sessions devoted to the training of teachers in school teachers' appraisal, the school teachers' pay system or school staffing structures during the period 1st May 2000 to 31st July 2001 may be treated as sessions on which the school has met. Where more than four school sessions are devoted to such training during that period at least two must be in the 2000-2001 school year.