wsi/2022/178 — <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <span xml:lang="en">The Relaxation of School Reporting Requirements (Wales) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2022</span> / <span xml:lang="cy">Rheoliadau Llacio’r Gofynion Adrodd mewn Ysgolion (Cymru) (Coronafeirws) 2022</span> </div>

2022 No. 178 (W. 58) Education, Wales The Relaxation of School Reporting Requirements (Wales) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2022 Made 23 February 2022 Laid before Senedd Cymru 25 February 2022 Coming into force 1 April 2022 The Welsh Ministers in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 537 and 569(4) of the Education Act 1996 , and now vested in them , and in exercise of the powers conferred on the National Assembly for Wales by sections 30(1) and 210(7) of the Education Act 2002 and now vested in them , make the following Regulations: Title and coming into force 1 1 The title of these Regulations is the Relaxation of School Reporting Requirements (Wales) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2022. 2 These Regulations come into force on 1 April 2022. Amendment of the School Governors’ Annual Reports (Wales) Regulations 2011 2 1 The School Governors’ Annual Reports (Wales) Regulations 2011 are amended as follows. 2 After regulation 1B insert— Disapplication of certain requirements for the 2021-2022 school year 1C The information specified in paragraphs 6, 7 and 8(b) of Schedule 2 and relating to the 2021-2022 school year must not be included in any governors’ report. 3 In regulation 5(2)(a), after “regulation 1B” insert “or 1C” . Amendment of the School Information (Wales) Regulations 2011 3 After regulation 1B of the School Information (Wales) Regulations 2011 insert— Disapplication of certain duties for the 2021-2022 school year 1C The information specified in paragraph 30 of Schedule 3 and relating to the 2021-2022 school year must not be included in any school prospectus. Jeremy Miles Minister for Education and Welsh Language, one of the Welsh Ministers 23 February 2022 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations amend a number of regulations so as to relax a number of requirements on schools as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The School Governors’ Annual Reports (Wales) Regulations 2011 (“ the Annual Report Regulations ”) set out the information that must be published by a school governing body in an annual report. Regulation 2(2) of these Regulations inserts a new regulation into the Annual Report Regulations the effect of which is that the following information for the 2021-2022 school year is not required to be published in any governors’ annual report— a paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the Annual Report Regulations (the summary of secondary school performance), b paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 to the Annual Report Regulations (the numbers of authorised and unauthorised pupil absences), and c paragraph 8(b) of Schedule 2 to the Annual Report Regulations (further information relating to authorised and unauthorised pupils absences). A consequential amendment is also made to regulation 5(2)(a) of the Annual Report Regulations in relation to the requirements of the short form of the annual report. The School Information (Wales) Regulations 2011 (“ the School Information Regulations ”) prescribe the school information that must be published by local authorities and schools in a school prospectus. Not all children have attended school throughout the year and many pupils and teachers have worked and studied remotely for periods of time. It is likely that will have a negative impact on the quality of some of the data regulated by the School Information Regulations. It is considered that the data on pupil absences is particularly affected and should not therefore be published in a school prospectus. Therefore, regulation 3 of these Regulations inserts a provision into the School Information Regulations the effect of which is to disapply the obligation on a school governing body to include in any school prospectus the data set out in paragraph 30 of Schedule 3 to those Regulations (data relating to pupil absences) in respect of the 2021-2022 school year. The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations.