Title, commencement, application and revocation1.
(1)
The title of these Regulations is the School Governors' Annual Reports (Wales) Regulations 2011 and they come into force on 1 September 2011.
(2)
These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.
(3)
The regulations set out in Schedule 1 are revoked.
F1Disapplication of certain requirements for the 2019-2020 school year1A.
F2Disapplication of certain requirements for the 2020-2021 school year1B.
F3Disapplication of certain requirements for the 2021-2022 school year1C.
The information specified in paragraphs 6, 7 and 8(b) of Schedule 2 and relating to the 2021-2022 school year6 must not be included in any governors’ report.
Interpretation2.
In these Regulations—
“the 2002 Act” (“Deddf 2002”) means the Education Act 2002;
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“DEWi” (“DEWi”) means the data exchange Wales initiative database maintained and published by the Welsh Ministers6;
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“governors' report” (“adroddiad llywodraethwyr”) means the report which the governing body is required to prepare once in every school year under section 30 of the 2002 Act;
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“language category” (“categori iaith”) means the category used for defining the type and extent of Welsh medium education provision made by a school and set out in the information document entitled F6“Guidance on school categories according to Welsh-medium provision”
first published by the Welsh Ministers on 16 December 2021;
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F8“nursery year” (”blwyddyn meithrin”) means the school year in which the majority of the pupils in the year group attain the age of 4;
“reporting school year” (“blwyddyn adrodd yr ysgol”) means the school year immediately preceding the school year in which the information is published by the governing body;
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“Summary of Secondary School Performance” (“Crynodeb Perfformiad Ysgol Uwchradd”) means the summary of a school’s performance published by the Welsh Ministers on DEWi; and
F8“year 11” (“blwyddyn 11”) means the school year in which the majority of pupils in the year group attain the age of 16;
Matters to be dealt with in a governors' report3.
Every governors' report must contain the information specified in Schedule 2.
Requirements with respect to governors' report4.
(1)
Subject to paragraph (2) below, it must be for the governing body to determine the language or languages in which the governors' report is to be produced, and the form or forms in which it is to be produced.
(2)
The governing body must comply with any direction given by the local authority by which the school is maintained with respect to any additional language to be used or with respect to any additional form in which the report is to be produced.
5.
(1)
The governing body must take such steps as are reasonably practicable to secure that—
(a)
the parents of all registered pupils at the school and all persons employed at the school are given (free of charge) a copy of the governors' report;
(b)
copies of the report are available for inspection (at all reasonable times and free of charge) at the school; and
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(2)
The requirement in paragraph (1)(a), in so far as it relates to parents of registered pupils, F10... will not apply if—
(a)
the governing body takes such steps as are reasonably practicable to secure that parents of all registered pupils at the school are given (free of charge) a copy of the information contained in the report by virtue of paragraphs 1, F111A, 1B F12or 1C, 3, F13... 6, F147, 11 and 19 of Schedule 2 F15(unless such information is not required by virtue of regulation 1B) and notify such parents at the same time of their right to be provided with a copy of the full report in accordance with regulation 6; and
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6.
Where (by virtue of regulation 5(2)) F17paragraph (a) of regulation 5(1) does not apply, the governing body must provide a copy of their full report to any parent of a registered pupil at the school on being requested in writing to do so.