- Status
- In Force
- Penalty ceiling
- Regulated
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Any Person7
Plus 5 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.
Other Acts binding the same actors
If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.
Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts
Human Medicines Regulations 2012
184 duties
Merchant Shipping Act 1995
144 duties
Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016
104 duties
Communications Act 2003
92 duties
Road Traffic Act 1988
92 duties
What it requires
Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.
s.015
Curriculum adoption (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
- Adopt a suitable curriculum and publish a summaryAny Person
s.016
Curriculum review and revision (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
- Keep your nursery curriculum under review and comply with legal standardsAny Person
s.034
Duty to ensure implementation of adopted curriculum (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
- Implement your adopted curriculum for funded nursery childrenAny Person
s.038
Development work and experiments (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
- Comply with Welsh Ministers' direction for development work or experiments in funded non-maintained nursery educationAny Person
s.040
Development work and experiments: supplementary (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
- Publish a summary of the curriculum affected by a directionAny Person
s.044
Provision of information about temporary exceptions (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
- Inform pupils, parents, governing body and local authority about temporary curriculum exceptionsAny Person
s.046
Appeals about temporary exceptions for individual children (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authority must decide parent appeals about temporary exceptionsLocal authority
s.056
Duty to make provision about assessment arrangements (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Welsh Ministers must make regulations on assessment arrangements for the curriculumCrown / Minister / Government department
s.063
Duty to have regard to mental health and emotional well-being of children and young persons (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Consider children’s mental health and well-being when exercising education functionsLocal authority
s.064
Duty to promote knowledge and understanding of UN Conventions on the rights of children and persons with disabilities (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Promote knowledge of UNCRC Part 1 and UNCRPD among teaching staffLocal authority
s.065
Duty to co-operate (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Educational bodies must seek co‑operation arrangementsLocal authority
s.071
Duty to have regard to guidance (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
- Have regard to Welsh curriculum guidanceAny Person
73 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.017
Power to make supplementary provision about curriculum adoption and revision (opens in a new tab)
s.068
Welsh Ministers' duty to promote access etc to Welsh medium courses of study (opens in a new tab)
Schedules
Schedules
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s.sch001
This Part applies for the purposes of section 24(3) (provision...
s.sch001
(1) This paragraph applies to— (a) a community school;
s.sch001
(1) This paragraph applies to a foundation or voluntary controlled...
s.sch001
(1) This paragraph applies to a voluntary aided school that...
s.sch001
This Part applies to the teaching and learning that must...
s.sch001
(1) This paragraph applies to— (a) a community school;
s.sch001
(1) This paragraph applies to a foundation or voluntary controlled...
s.sch001
(1) This paragraph applies to a voluntary aided school that...
s.sch001
(1) For the meaning of “agreed syllabus”, see section 375A(7)...
s.sch002
The Education Act 1996 is amended as follows.
s.sch002
(1) Section 391 (functions of advisory councils) is amended as...
s.sch002
(1) Section 392 (advisory councils: supplementary provisions) is amended as...
s.sch002
In section 394 (determination of cases in which requirement for...
s.sch002
In section 396 (power of Secretary of State to direct...
s.sch002
After section 396 insert— Power of Welsh Ministers to direct...
s.sch002
(1) Section 397 (religious education: access to meetings and documents)...
s.sch002
(1) Section 399 (determination of question whether religious education in...
s.sch002
In the italic heading before section 403, after “Sex education”...
s.sch002
(1) Section 403 (sex education: manner of provision) is amended...
s.sch002
In section 404 (sex education: statements of policy)—
s.sch002
In section 4 (schools: general), in subsection (2), after “section...
s.sch002
In section 405 (exemption from sex education)—
s.sch002
In section 444ZA (application of section 444 to alternative educational...
s.sch002
In section 569 (regulations), in subsection (2B)—
s.sch002
In section 579 (general interpretation), in subsection (1), in the...
s.sch002
In section 580 (index), for the entry for “agreed syllabus”...
s.sch002
(1) Schedule 1 (pupil referral units) is amended as follows....
s.sch002
(1) Schedule 31 (agreed syllabuses of religious education) is amended...
s.sch002
The Education Act 1997 is amended as follows.
s.sch002
In section 56 (construction), in subsection (1), in the definition...
s.sch002
The School Standards and Framework Act 1998 is amended as...
s.sch002
(1) Section 19 (exceptional provision of education in pupil referral...
s.sch002
In section 58 (appointment and dismissal of certain teachers at...
s.sch002
In section 60 (staff at foundation or voluntary school with...
s.sch002
In Part 2, in the heading of Chapter 6 (religious...
s.sch002
Before section 69 (and the italic heading before it) insert—...
s.sch002
In the italic heading before section 69, at the end...
s.sch002
(1) Section 69 (duty to secure due provision of religious...
s.sch002
(1) Section 71 (exceptions and special arrangements: provision for special...
s.sch002
(1) Section 124B (designation of independent schools as having a...
s.sch002
In section 138A (procedure for regulations)— (a) in the heading,...
s.sch002
(1) Section 142 (general interpretation) is amended as follows.
s.sch002
After section 19 insert— Exceptional provision of education in pupil...
s.sch002
(1) Section 143 (index) is amended as follows.
s.sch002
In Schedule 3, in Part 2 (funding of voluntary aided...
s.sch002
(1) Schedule 19 (required provision for religious education) is amended...
s.sch002
In Schedule 20 (collective worship), in paragraph 5, in the...
s.sch002
The Education Act 2002 is amended as follows.
s.sch002
Omit Part 7 (the curriculum in Wales).
s.sch002
(1) Section 210 (orders and regulations) is amended as follows....
s.sch002
The Licensing Act 2003 is amended as follows.
s.sch002
In Schedule 1 (provision of regulated entertainment), in Part 3,...
s.sch002
The Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003 is amended as follows.
s.sch002
In Part 5, in the heading of Chapter 3, after...
s.sch002
In section 24 (interpretation), in the definition of “relevant school”,...
s.sch002
(1) Section 50 of the Education Act 2005 (inspection of...
s.sch002
The National Health Service Act 2006 is amended as follows....
s.sch002
In Schedule 1 (further provision about the Secretary of State...
s.sch002
The National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 is amended as...
s.sch002
In Schedule 1 (further provision about the Welsh Ministers and...
s.sch002
The Learning and Skills (Wales) Measure 2009 is amended as...
s.sch002
Omit Part 1 (local curriculum for pupils in Key Stage...
s.sch002
In section 46 (regulations in connection with the operation of...
s.sch002
In the Schedule (minor and consequential amendments)—
s.sch002
(1) Section 375 (agreed syllabuses of religious education) is amended...
s.sch002
The Education (Wales) Measure 2009 is amended as follows.
s.sch002
Omit section 21 (foundation phase).
s.sch002
The Equality Act 2010 is amended as follows.
s.sch002
In Schedule 11 (schools: exceptions), in Part 2 (religious or...
s.sch002
In Schedule 17 (disabled pupils: enforcement), in paragraph 6A (as...
s.sch002
In Schedule 19 (public authorities), in Part 1, in the...
s.sch002
The Education (Wales) Measure 2011 is amended as follows.
s.sch002
In section 9 (minor and consequential amendments), in subsection (3),...
s.sch002
The School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 is amended...
s.sch002
In section 98 (general interpretation and index of defined expressions)—...
s.sch002
After section 375 insert— Agreed syllabus of Religion, Values and...
s.sch002
In Schedule 5 (minor and consequential amendments), in paragraph 21,...
s.sch002
The Further and Higher Education (Governance and Information) (Wales) 2014...
s.sch002
In section 6 (abolition of duties of further education institutions...
s.sch002
The Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018...
s.sch002
In section 14 (duties to prepare and maintain plans: local...
s.sch002
In Schedule 1 (minor and consequential amendments and repeals), in...
s.sch002
In the italic heading before section 390 (constitution of standing...
s.sch002
(1) Section 390 (constitution of advisory councils) is amended as...
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