Welsh Statutory Instrument 2001 No. 1110 (W.54)

The School Governors' Annual Reports (Wales) Regulations 2001

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"the 1996 Act" ("Deddf 1996") means the Education Act 1996[4];

"the 1998 Act" ("Deddf 1998") means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;

"annual parents' meeting" ("cyfarfod blynyddol i'r rhieni") means the meeting of parents which the governing body are required to hold once in every school year under section 43 of the 1998 Act;

"budget share" ("cyfran o'r gyllideb") means the amount allocated to the governing body by virtue of section 47 of the 1998 Act; "governors' report" ("adroddiad llywodraethwyr") means the report which the governing body are required to prepare once in every year under section 42(1) of the 1998 Act;

"the National Assembly" ("y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol") means the National Assembly for Wales.

Matters to be dealt with in a governors' report.
     3. Every governors' report shall contain the information specified in the Schedule.

Requirements with respect to governors' report
     4.  - (1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, it shall be for the governing body to determine the language or languages in which the governors' report is to be produced, and the form or forms in which it is to be produced.

    (2) The governing body shall comply with any direction given by the local education authority by which the school is maintained with respect to any additional language to be used or with respect to any additional form in which the report is to be produced.

     5. The governing body shall take such steps as are reasonably practicable to secure that - 

(a) the parents of all registered pupils at the school and all persons employed at the school are given (free of charge) a copy of the governors' report;

(b) copies of the report are available for inspection (at all reasonable times and free of charge) at the school; and

(c) where (by virtue of section 43 of the 1998 Act) there is an obligation on the governing body to hold an annual parents' meeting, copies of the governors' report to be considered at that meeting are given to parents not less than two weeks before that meeting.

     6.  - (1) The requirement in paragraph (a) of regulation 5, in so far as it relates to parents of registered pupils, and the requirement in paragraph (c) of that regulation shall not apply if  - 

(a) the governing body takes such steps as are reasonably practicable to secure that parents of all registered pupils at the school are given (free of charge) a copy of the information contained in the report by virtue of paragraphs 1 to 3, 5 to 7 and 10 of the Schedule and notify such parents at the same time of their right to be provided with a copy of the full report in accordance with regulation 7; and

(b) where (by virtue of section 43 of the 1998 Act) there is an obligation on the governing body to hold an annual parents' meeting, that information and notification is given to those parents not less than 2 weeks before that meeting.

     7. Where (by virtue of regulation 6) paragraphs (a) and (c) of regulation 5 do not apply, the governing body shall provide a copy of their full report to any parent of a registered pupil at the school on being requested (in writing) to do so.



Signed on behalf of the National Assembly under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998[5].


D.Elis-Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

15th March 2001

     5. The information relating to National Curriculum assessments most recently published by the governing body in accordance with regulations made under section 408 of the 1996 Act[6].

     6. The information relating to - 

(a) pupils entered for public examinations and pupils' achievements in public examinations;

(b) vocational qualifications attained by pupils; and

(c) pupils' attendance records;

most recently provided by the governing body in accordance with regulations made under section 537(1) of the 1996 Act[7].

     7.  - (1) The information most recently provided by the governing body in accordance with regulations[8] made under subsection (7) of section 537[9] of the 1996 Act, comprising information published by (or under arrangements made by) the National Assembly under subsection (6) of that section.

    (2) Where the information published by (or under arrangement made by) the National Assembly under section 537(6) of the 1996 Act is published in both full and summary form, the full information must be included in the governors' report.

     8. The information relating to pupils leaving the school, or employment or training taken up by pupils on leaving the school, most recently provided by the governing body in accordance with regulations[10] made under section 537(1) of the 1996 Act.

     9. The steps taken by the governing body to develop or strengthen the school's links with the community (including links with the police).

     10. Such information about any targets - 

(a) for improvements set by the governing body in respect of the performance of pupils at the school as is required to be published by virtue of regulations made under section 19 of the Education Act 1997[11]; and

(b) for reducing the level of unauthorised absences on the part of relevant day pupils at the school as have been set by the governing body by virtue of regulations made under section 63 of the 1998 Act[12].

     11. In relation to the period since the previous governors' report an indication of - 

(a) the extent to which the aims of the governing body with respect to sport at the school have been attained; and

(b) any notable sporting achievements of the school's teams during that period.

     12. A summary of any review carried out by the governing body in respect of any policies or strategies adopted by them in the exercise of their functions in relation to the school and of any action taken by them following such a revision.

     13. The dates of the beginning and end of each school term, and of half-term holidays, for the next school year.

     14.  - (1) A summary of any changes to information contained (pursuant to regulations[13] made under sections 408 or 537 of the 1996 Act or under section 92 of the 1998 Act) in the school prospectus since the previous governors' report was prepared.

    (2) Where such Regulations require schools to publish different information in different prospectuses, sub-paragraph (1) shall be taken to refer to all such prospectuses.

[2] See the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672).back

[3] S.I. 1999/1406.back

[4] 1996 c.56.back

[5] 1998 c.38back

[6] Subsection (1) (a) of section 408 is amended by paragraph 30(a) of Schedule 7 to the Education Act 1997 (c.44); subsection (4)(f) is prospectively amended by paragraph 30(b) of that Schedule; subsection (2) (d) is amended by paragraph 106(b) of Schedule 30 to the 1998 Act; subsections (1)(b), (3) and (4)(b) and (c) are repealed by paragraph 106(a), (c) and (d)(i) of that Schedule and Schedule 31 to that Act; and subsection (4)(d) is amended by paragraph 106(d)(ii) of Schedule 30 to the 1998 Act. The current regulations are the Education (School Information) (Wales) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/1812); see paragraphs 18 - 20 of Schedule 2.back

[7] A new section 537(1) is substituted by paragraph 152 of Schedule 30 to the1998 Act. The current Regulations are the Education (School Performance Information) (Wales) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/1867 as amended by S.I. 1999/1470). See regulation 9 and Schedules 1, 2 and 4 to those Regulations.back

[8] See regulation 10 of S.I. 1998/1867.back

[9] Subsection (7) of section 537 is amended by paragraph 152 of Schedule 30 to the 1998 Act.back

[10] See S.I. 1999/1812, Schedule 2, paragraphs 23 and 24.back

[11] 1997 c.44. Section 19 is amended by paragraph 213 of Schedule 30 to the 1998 Act. The current regulations are the Education (School Performance and Unauthorised Absence Targets) (Wales) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/1811).back

[12] See S.I. 1999/1811.back

[13] The current regulations setting out the information to be included in school prospectuses are the Education (School Information) (Wales) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/1812).back