- ability
means either general ability or ability in any particular subject or subjects;
- academic year
means a period commencing with 1st August and ending with the next 31st July;
- adjudicator
means a person appointed under section 25.
- admission arrangements
has the meaning given by section 88(2);
- admission forum
means a forum established under section 85A, including a joint admission forum established in pursuance of regulations under subsection (3)(c) of that section;
- agreed relevant capital expenditure
means—
- agreed syllabus
has the meaning given by section 375(2) of the Education Act 1996.
- appeal panel
means a panel constituted in accordance with regulations under section 94(5) or 95(3) for the purpose of hearing an appeal under this Chapter;
- appropriate body
means, in relation to the admission arrangements determined by an admission authority—
- area of learning and experience
has the same meaning as in the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021;
- at public expense
means at the expense of—
- ballot regulations
means regulations made under this section.
- capital expenditure
means expenditure of the governing body in question which falls to be capitalised in accordance with proper accounting practices;
- child
includes a person who has not attained the age of 19, except in sections 96 and 97 in so far as those sections apply in relation to Wales;
- childcare
has the meaning given in section 18 of the Childcare Act 2006;
- Church in Wales school
means a foundation or voluntary school in the Province of Wales in relation to which the religion or religious denomination specified under section 68A is “Church in Wales” and “appropriate diocesan authority”, in relation to such a school, means the Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese of the Church in Wales in which the school is situated or such other person as the Welsh Ministers may by order designate in respect of that diocese;
- Church of England school
means a foundation or voluntary school in the Province of Canterbury or York in relation to which the religion or religious denomination specified under section 69(4) is “Church of England” and “appropriate diocesan authority”, in relation to such a school, means the Diocesan Board of Education for the diocese of the Church of England in which the school is situated;
- class
means a group in which pupils are taught in an ordinary teaching session;
- commencement date
means the date on which the Regulatory Reform (Voluntary Aided Schools Liabilities and Funding) (England) Order 2002 comes into force;
- community or foundation special school
means a community special school or a foundation special school;
- delegation requirement or restriction
means any requirement or restriction applicable, under or by virtue of the scheme or section 50(3), to the management by the governing body of the school’s budget share.
- disposal
includes—
- education expenditure
has the same meaning as in section 45A.
- eligible school
means—
- existing maintained school
means— (a) any county or voluntary school, or (b) any grant-maintained school, within the meaning of the Education Act 1996;
- existing school
means a school which becomes a school of a different category on the appointed day as mentioned in subsection (1), and “new school” means the school of a different category which an existing school then becomes;
- financial year
means the period beginning with the date on which the Forum is established and ending with the 31st March following that date, and each successive period of twelve months.
- former voluntary school
means— within the meaning of the Education Act 1996, which on the appointed day becomes a foundation or voluntary school within the meaning of this Act.
- foundation
means a foundation established otherwise than under this Act;
- foundation body
means a body corporate established under this section to perform, in relation to three or more schools each of which is either a foundation or a voluntary school, the following functions, namely—
- foundation body in England
means a foundation body where each of the schools comprising the group of schools for which the foundation body acts is maintained by a local authority in England.
- foundation body in Wales
means a foundation body where each of the schools comprising the group of schools for which the foundation body acts is maintained by a local authority in Wales.
- funding period
means a financial year or such other period as may be prescribed.
- grammar school
means a school for the time being designated under this section.
- individual pupil information
means information relating to and identifying individual pupils or former pupils at any school within subsection (1), whether obtained under subsection (1) or otherwise;
- infant class
means a class containing pupils the majority of whom will attain the age of five, six or seven during the course of the school year;
- information collator
means any body which, for the purposes of or in connection with the functions of the Secretary of State relating to education, is responsible for collating or checking information relating to pupils.”
- initial period
means— (a) in relation to a maintained school which is being established, the period beginning with the day on which the school opens and ending with the beginning of the first school term to begin after the following July;
- institution
has the same meaning as in the Charities Act 2011;
- local authority
includes a non-metropolitan district council for an area for which there is a county council.
- maintained
has the same meaning as in the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;
- maintained nursery school
means a nursery school which is maintained by a local authority and is not a special school.
- maintained school
means a community, foundation or voluntary school.
- members of the Welsh Inspectorate
means—
- new category
means one of the categories set out in section 20(1);
- new school
has the meaning given by section 72(3).
- Non-playing field land
means land which does not include playing fields within the meaning of section 77.
- nursery education
means full-time or part-time education suitable for children who have not attained compulsory school age (whether provided at schools or elsewhere).
- nursery education under consideration for funding
means nursery education provided by a person with whom a local authorityin Wales are considering making arrangements in pursuance of the duty imposed on the authority by section 118 for the provision of nursery education in consideration of financial assistance provided by the authority under the arrangements.
- place other than school premises
means a place other than the premises of any school maintained by a local authority.
- playing fields
means land in the open air which is provided for the purposes of physical education or recreation, other than any prescribed description of such land.
- premises
includes a teacher’s dwelling-house.
- prescribed
(except in sections 89 to 90) means prescribed by regulations;
- prescribed alteration
means an alteration prescribed for the purposes of section 18 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006.
- publicly funded land
means land which—
- publicly funded proceeds of disposal
means the proceeds of disposal which are attributable to the land having been acquired or enhanced in value, or both, as the case may be, as mentioned in the relevant paragraph or paragraphs of sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph A1.
- pupil referral unit
has the same meaning as in section 19 of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56);
- purpose
includes object.
- qualifying scheme
means a scheme that meets prescribed requirements.
- reception class
means a class in which education is provided which is suitable to the requirements of pupils aged five and any pupils under or over that age whom it is expedient to educate with pupils of that age;
- regulated alteration
has the same meaning as in Chapter 2 of Part 3 of the School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013.
- regulations
means regulations made by the Welsh Ministers.
- relevant body
means—
- relevant childcare provider
means a provider of childcare other than the governing body of a maintained school;
- relevant day pupil
means a pupil registered at a maintained school who is of compulsory school age and is not a boarder;
- relevant early years education
means—
- relevant expenditure
means such expenditure (being expenditure arising out of an obligation incurred or decision made before the appointed day) as may be prescribed.
- relevant functions
means the functions described in any of paragraphs (a), (c), (d) or (e) of subsection (1) of section 135 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006.
- relevant institution
means— i any institution which a body corporate is established under this Act to conduct;
- relevant land
means land which was acquired by the governing body of the school, or (as the case may be) one of the schools, mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a) under a transfer under section 201(1)(a) of the Education Act 1996.
- relevant local authority
means the local authority to whom notice of the disposal in question is required to be given under paragraph A2, A8 or A14.
- relevant nursery education
means—
- relevant partnership arrangement
means a partnership arrangement to which section 60A of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (as inserted by section 125(4)) applies.
- relevant payment
means— a payment in respect of the grant mentioned in the provision in question.
- relevant period
means a financial year or such other period as may be prescribed.
- relevant person
means—
- relevant provision
means— and in that paragraph and this subsection “school” includes a proposed school.
- relevant school
means—
- Religion, Values and Ethics
has the same meaning as in the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021.
- remaining publicly funded proceeds of disposal
means the amount of the publicly funded proceeds of disposal which remains after deducting the “appropriate amount” (if any) determined in accordance with paragraph A3(3).
- requisite period
means the period of 6 weeks beginning with the date upon which the foundation body gave notification of the disposal to the authority under sub-paragraph (4).
- Roman Catholic Church school
means a foundation or voluntary school in relation to which the religion or religious denomination specified under section 68A or 69(4) is “Roman Catholic” and “appropriate diocesan authority”, in relation to such a school, means the bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese in which the school is situated;
- school
means a maintained school.
- school lunch
has the same meaning as in section 512 above;
- school teacher
means a person who is a school teacher for the purposes of section 122 of the Education Act 2002 (determination of school teachers’ pay and conditions)
- sixth form education
means secondary education suitable to the requirements of pupils who are over compulsory school age.
- sixth-form pupil
means any pupil who—
- specified
means specified in an order under this section.”
- Specified nursery education
means full-time or part-time education suitable for children who have not attained compulsory school age which is provided— a by a local education authority;
- statutory provision
means a provision contained in an Act or in subordinate legislation within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978.
- test
includes assessment and examination.
- the 1988 Act
means the Education Reform Act 1988.
- the 1996 Act
means the Education Act 1996;
- the 1998 Act
means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;
- the 2006 Act
means the Education and Inspections Act 2006.
- the appointed day
(except in Part I of Schedule 32) means such day as may be appointed for the purposes of this section by an order made by the Secretary of State;
- the appropriate authority
means—
- the appropriate body
means— (a) in relation to a foundation school, the governing body, and (b) in relation to a voluntary controlled school, the local authority;
- the Assembly
means the National Assembly for Wales;
- the change of category provisions
means—
- the Chief Inspector
(without more) means the Chief Inspector for Wales.
- the Chief Inspector for Wales
means Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales, and
- the GMS grants provisions
means sections 244 to 254 and 256 to 258 of the 1996 Act and any regulations in force under any of those provisions immediately before the appointed day.
- the local authority
means that authority;
- the period under consideration
means the funding period to which the notice mentioned in subsection (2)(a) or (b) relates or, in a case falling within subsection (3), the funding period in relation to which such a notice ought to have been given.
- the relevant area
means—
- the relevant authorities
means the bodies which, if the two or more constituent areas referred to in subsection (1)(c) were taken separately, would be minor authorities in relation to the school.
- the relevant authority
means—
- the relevant person
means— i in a case where the transferor is a transferor authority, the Education Transfer Council;
- the relevant purposes
means— (a) in relation to a transfer to a school’s foundation body, the purposes of the schools comprising the group for which that body acts, and (b) in relation to a transfer to a school’s governing body, the purposes of the school;
- the requirements relating to admission arrangements
means—
- the responsible body
has the same meaning as in section 51A of the Education Act 2002.
- the specified extent
means the extent to which those admission arrangements would effect an alteration in the provision made by the school’s admission arrangements as respects any such form of selection (whether by introducing, varying or abandoning any such form of selection) which constitutes—
- transfer agreement
means an agreement—
- Welsh further education institution
means an institution which is within the further education sector and is situated in Wales, and b a designated institution shall be treated as conducted by the governing body of the institution. 3 Education is within this subsection if it is full-time or part-time education suitable to the requirements of persons who are over compulsory school age but under the age of 19. 4 The following bodies shall exercise their functions with a view to securing that any education provided under a partnership arrangement to which this section applies is provided and funded in accordance with the arrangement— a each local education authority which is a party to the arrangement;