These Regulations are made under section 30 of the Education Act 2002 and re-enact with changes the School Governors' Annual Reports (Wales) Regulations 2001 which are revoked (together with other associated regulations).

Like those 2001 Regulations, the present Regulations set out— a the information to be contained in governors' reports under section 30 of the Education Act 2002 (regulation 3 and Schedule 2); b requirements with respect to the language or languages in which such reports must be produced (regulation 4); and c requirements with respect to providing parents with copies of such reports and making such reports available for inspection at the school (regulations 5 and 6).