The Education in Multiple Settings (Wales) Regulations 2022

Pupils registered in at least 1 maintained school and in at least 1 pupil referral unit

5.—(1) This regulation applies where a pupil is a registered pupil in at least 1 maintained school and in at least 1 pupil referral unit.

(2) The appropriate local authority must prepare a plan which sets out—

(a) how it will secure the teaching and learning to be provided for the pupil in the pupil referral unit curriculum at the school and the pupil referral unit,

(b) how the assessment arrangements will apply to the pupil at the school and the pupil referral unit, and

(c) the arrangements for reporting pursuant to the Provision of Information by Head Teachers to Parents and Adult Pupils (Wales) Regulations 2022.

(3) In preparing the plan, or the revised plan, the appropriate local authority must consult with—

(a) in relation to a maintained school, the head teacher and the governing body of each of the maintained schools,

(b) any other local authority that maintains a school or pupil referral unit at which the pupil is registered, and

(c) in relation to a pupil referral unit, the teacher in charge and the management committee (if there is one) of each of the pupil referral units.

(4) The plan is to begin on the date the pupil becomes a registered pupil at a maintained school and at a pupil referral unit or as soon as possible after that date.

(5) The duration of the first plan and of any subsequent plan must be no more than 1 school year.

(6) The appropriate local authority must keep the plan under review and revise it—

(a) if the curriculum is reviewed under section 12 or 51 of the 2021 Act, or

(b) if it considers it appropriate to do so at any time.

(7) The appropriate local authority must ensure a copy of the plan (or revised plan) is provided to—

(a) the pupil on request by the pupil, and

(b) the parents of the pupil on request by the parents.

(8) When a curriculum is revised following a review under section 12 of the 2021 Act the head teacher of the school must provide a summary of the revised curriculum to the appropriate local authority as soon as possible following completion of that review.

(9) When a curriculum is revised following a review under section 51 of the 2021 Act the teacher in charge of the pupil referral unit must provide a summary of the revised curriculum to the appropriate local authority as soon as possible following completion of that review.

(10) Paragraph (7)(a) does not apply if the appropriate local authority considers that the pupil in question does not have the capacity to understand the information that would be given.

(11) Before determining the pupil in question does not have the capacity to understand the information that would be given under paragraph (7)(a) the appropriate local authority must consult with—

(a) the head teacher and governing body of each of the maintained schools,

(b) the teacher in charge and the management committee (if there is one) of each of the pupil referral units, and

(c) any other local authority that maintains a school at which the pupil is registered.