The Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (Wales) Regulations 2015

Interpretation E+W

3.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the 1998 Act” (“Deddf 1998”) means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 M1 ;

“the 2002 Act” (“Deddf 2002”) means the Education Act 2002 M2 ;

“the 1999 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 1999”) means the Education (Teachers' Qualifications and Health Standards) (Wales) Regulations 1999 M3 ;

“the 2014 Act” (“Deddf 2014”) means the Education (Wales) Act 2014;

[F1 “the 2021 Act” (“Deddf 2021”) means the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021;]

“appropriate body” (“corff priodol”) means the appropriate body under regulation 5;

“authority” (“awdurdod”) means a local authority in Wales;

“the Council” (“y Cyngor”) means the Education Workforce Council;

“employer” (“cyflogwr”) means an authority, governing body or other person who engages or make arrangements for the engagement of a person to provide their services as a teacher under a contract of employment or otherwise than under a contract of employment, and “employed” (“cyflogedig”), “employment” (“cyflogaeth”) and any expressions relating to the termination of employment are to be construed accordingly;

“employment-based teacher training scheme” (“cynllun hyfforddi athrawon ar sailcyflogaeth”) means a scheme established by the Welsh Ministers under regulation 8 of the School Teachers' Qualifications Regulations;

“England's Induction Regulations” (“Rheoliadau Sefydlu Lloegr”) means regulations made from time to time under section 135A of the 2002 Act M4 in relation to teachers in England;

“FE college” (“coleg AB”) means an institution within the further education sector as defined in section 91(3) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 M5 ;

“governing body” (“corff llywodraethu”) in relation to an FE college has the same meaning as in section 90(1) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 [F2 and in relation to a relevant school which is a pupil referral unit, includes the management committee of the pupil referral unit (if there is one)];

“graduate teacher” (“athro neu athrawes raddedig”) means a person who was granted an authorisation to teach in accordance with paragraphs 5 to 11 of Schedule 2 to the 1999 Regulations before 1 September 2004;

“head teacher” (“pennaeth”) includes the principal of an FE college [F3 and the teacher in charge of a pupil referral unit];

“induction period” (“cyfnod sefydlu”) means an induction period required by these Regulations;

“institution (“sefydliad”) means a relevant school, an independent school or an FE college in which an induction period may be served under these Regulations, as the context requires;

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“non-maintained special school” (“ysgol arbennig nas cynhelir”) means a special school which is neither a community special school nor a foundation special school;

[F1 “pupil” (“disgybl”) has the meaning given to it in section 3 of the Education Act 1996;]

[F5 “pupil referral unit” (“uned cyfeirio disgyblion”) has the same meaning as in section 19A(2) of the Education Act 1996;]

“qualified teacher” (“athro neu athrawes gymwysedig”) means a person who satisfies requirements specified in regulations made under section 132 of the 2002 Act;

[F1 “reception year” (“blwyddyn derbyn”) means a year group in which the majority of the pupils attain the age of 5;]

“registered teacher” (“athro neu athrawes gofrestredig”) means a person who was granted an authorisation to teach in accordance with paragraphs 12 to 18 of Schedule 2 to the 1999 Regulations before 1 September 2004;

“relevant school” (“ysgol berthnasol”) means a school maintained by an authority or a non-maintained special school;

“school day” (“diwrnod ysgol”) in relation to a school means any day on which at that school there is a school session, and in relation to an FE college, means any day on which the college meets;

“school session” (“sesiwn ysgol”) has the same meaning as in regulations 4 and 5 of the Education (School Day and School Year) (Wales) Regulations 2003 M6 ;

“the School Teachers' Qualifications Regulations” (“Rheoliadau Cymwysterau Athrawon Ysgol”) means the Education (School Teachers' Qualifications) (Wales) Regulations 2012 M7 ;

“school term” (“tymor ysgol”) includes a term of an FE college;

“school year” (“blwyddyn ysgol”) includes the academic year of an FE college;

“special school” (“ysgol arbennig”) has the same meaning as in section [F6 337] of the Education Act 1996 M8 ;

“supply teacher” (“athro neu athrawes gyflenwi”) means a teacher employed wholly or mainly for the purpose of supervising or teaching pupils whose regular teacher is not available to teach them;

“working day” (“diwrnod gwaith”) means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday [F7 , Christmas Day, Good Friday] or a day which is a bank holiday [F8 in Wales and England] within the meaning of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 M9 .

[F1 “year 1” (“blwyddyn 1”) means the year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 6;]

[F1 “year 2” (“blwyddyn 2”) means the year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 7;]

[F1 “year 3” (“blwyddyn 3”) means the year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 8;]

[F1 “year 4” (“blwyddyn 4”) means the year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 9;]

[F1 “year 5” (“blwyddyn 5”) means the year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 10;]

[F1 “year 6” (“blwyddyn 6”) means the year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 11;]

[F1 “year 7” (“blwyddyn 7”) means the year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 12;]

[F1 “year 8” (“blwyddyn 8”) means the year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 13;]

[F1 “year 9” (“blwyddyn 9”) means the year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 14;]

[F1 “year 10” (“blwyddyn 10”) means the year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 15;]

[F1 “year 11” (“blwyddyn 11”) means the year group in which the majority of pupils attain the age of 16;]

[F1 “year group” (“grŵp blwyddyn”) means a group of pupils at a school the majority of whom will, in a particular school year, attain the same age.]

(2) For the purposes of these Regulations a person has completed an induction period when that person has served an induction period of—

(a) three school terms; or

(b) such other length as determined in accordance with regulation 8(4) (comprising only periods of employment which count towards an induction period under regulation 9) [F9 or regulation 8(5) (appropriate body determination where standards met)]; and

where the appropriate body extends the induction period in accordance with regulation 10, the period of that extension.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 3(1) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 10(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (Consequential Amendments) (Secondary Legislation) (No. 1) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/666), regs. 1(2), 10(3)(b)

F2 Words in reg. 3(1) inserted (7.11.2022) by The Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1058), regs. 1, 3(a)

F3 Words in reg. 3(1) inserted (7.11.2022) by The Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1058), regs. 1, 3(b)

F4 Words in reg. 3(1) omitted (with effect in accordance with reg. 10(2) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (Consequential Amendments) (Secondary Legislation) (No. 1) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/666), regs. 1(2), 10(3)(a)

F5 Words in reg. 3(1) inserted (7.11.2022) by The Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1058), regs. 1, 3(d)

F6 Word in reg. 3(1) substituted (1.9.2021) by The Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018 (Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/933), regs. 1, 5(2)

F7 Words in reg. 3(1) inserted (7.11.2022) by The Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1058), regs. 1, 3(c)(i)

F8 Words in reg. 3(1) inserted (7.11.2022) by The Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1058), regs. 1, 3(c)(ii)

F9 Words in reg. 3(2)(b) inserted (temp.) (15.7.2020) by The Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (Wales) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/623), regs. 1(2), 6 (with regs. 2(2), 3, 4)

Marginal Citations

M1 1998 c.31.

M2 2002 c.32.

M3 S.I. 1999/2817 as amended by S.I. 2002/1663 (W. 158), S.I. 2002/2938 (W. 279), S.I. 2003/140 (W. 12), S.I. 2004/1729 (W. 173), S.I. 2004/1744 (W. 183), S.I. 2004/2733 (W. 240), S.I. 2006/873 (W. 81), S.I. 2010/1142 (W. 101) and S.I. 2012/724 (W. 96).

M4 Section 135A of the Education Act 2002 was inserted by section 9 of the Education Act 2011 (c.21).

M5 1992 c.13.

M6 S.I. 2003/3231 (W. 311) as amended by S.I. 2006/1262 (W. 119), S.I. 2008/1739 (W. 171), S.I. 2011/149 (W. 33) and S.I. 2012/248 (W. 41).

M7 S.I. 2012/724 (W. 96).

M8 1996. c.56.

M9 1971 c.80.