Title, coming into force and expiry

1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Education (Information about Children in Independent Schools) (Pilot) (Wales) Regulations 2025.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 8 April 2025 and cease to have effect on 20 May 2025.

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“the Act”(“y Ddeddf”)means the Education Act 1996;

“child”(“plentyn”)means a person of compulsory school age who is ordinarily resident in the area of a pilot local authority;

“compulsory school age”(“oedran ysgol gorfodol”)has the same meaning as in section 8 of the Act( 3);

“independent school”(“ysgol annibynnol”)means a school included in the register of independent schools in Wales under section 158 of the Education Act 2002( 4);

“local authority”(“awdurdod lleol”)means the council of a county or county borough in Wales;

“pilot local authority”(“awdurdod lleol peilot”)means a local authority listed in Schedule 1;

“proprietor”(“perchennog”)has the same meaning as in section 579(1) of the Act( 5);

“registered pupil”(“disgybl cofrestredig”)has the same meaning as in section 434(5) of the Act;

“relevant local authority”(“awdurdod lleol perthanasol”)means the pilot local authority in whose area the child is ordinarily resident.

Disclosure of information to relevant local authority

3.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies where the proprietor of an independent school holds any relevant information.

(2) The proprietor must provide the relevant information held to the relevant local authority by 20 May 2025.

(3) In this Regulation “ relevant information” means any of the information specified in Schedule 2 in relation to a child who is a registered pupil at the independent school.

Regulation 2

SCHEDULE 1 Pilot Local Authorities

Cardiff County Council

Carmarthenshire County Council

Gwynedd Council

The Isle of Anglesey County Council

Monmouthshire County Council

Powys County Council

Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council

Regulation 3

SCHEDULE 2 Information to be provided to the relevant local authority

1.  The child’s name (including any former name).

2.  The child’s address (or last known address) including postcode.

3.  The child’s date of birth.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations are made under sections 537A(1) and (2) and 569(4) and (5) of the Education Act 1996. The Regulations come into force on 8 April 2025

The proprietor of an independent school in Wales is required to disclose to a relevant local authority (as defined in regulation 2), by 20 May 2025, specified information it holds in relation to a child who is a registered pupil at that school (regulation 3).

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, a regulatory impact assessment has been prepared as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations. A copy can be obtained from Equity in Education, Welsh Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ and is published onwww.gov.wales.