Welsh medium education assessment3

1

A local authority must carry out a Welsh medium education assessment of the whole or such part of its area as the Welsh Ministers determine.

2

A local authority must carry out a Welsh medium education assessment if—

a

more than 50% of pupils in maintained schools in that part of its area which is the subject of the Welsh medium education assessment are assessed in the—

i

Welsh language development area of learning on the third Tuesday in January in the assessment year; or

ii

language, literacy and communication skills area of learning through the medium of English on the third Tuesday in January in the assessment year;

b

the local authority has not carried out a Welsh medium education assessment of the whole of its area in the 3 years immediately preceding the assessment year; and

c

the Welsh Ministers inform the local authority in writing that it must do so.

3

A Welsh medium education assessment must include the questions set out in Part 1 of Schedule 1 and the information set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1.