The Education (School Day and School Year) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

Made: 3rd March 2010

Laid before Parliament: 9th March 2010

Coming into force: 1st April 2010

The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 551 and 569(4) of the Education Act 1996[^f00001]:

Citation, commencement and application

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education (School Day and School Year) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 and come into force on 1st April 2010.

• (2) These Regulations apply only in relation to England.

Amendment of Regulations

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• (1) These Regulations amend the Education (School Day and School Year) (England) Regulations 1999[^f00002] as follows.

• (2) At the end of regulation 3, insert the following paragraph—

(6) In relation to the 2011-2012 school year, the reference in paragraph (2) to 380 sessions is to be taken as a reference to 378 sessions.

• (3) For regulation 4, substitute the following regulation—

(4) (1) Where a school session in the 2010–2011 school year is devoted wholly or mainly to the provision to teachers employed at that school of training to which this paragraph applies, that session shall be regarded for the purposes of regulation 3 as a session on which that school has met. (2) Paragraph (1) does not have effect in relation to more than two school sessions. (3) Paragraph (1) applies to the training of teachers who teach pupils in the first or second key stages (as defined in section 82 of the Education Act 2002[^f00003]).

Revocation of Regulations

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The Education (School Day and School Year) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2007[^f00004] are revoked.

Signed

Vernon Coaker — Minister of State — Department for Children, Schools and Families — 3rd March 2010

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Education (School Day and School Year) (England) Regulations 1999.

A new paragraph is inserted into regulation 3 to reduce the minimum number of sessions which must be held in the school year 2011-2012 from 380 to 378.

Regulation 4 is substituted to allow not more than two school sessions in the school year 2010-2011 to be devoted wholly or mainly to the training of teachers who teach pupils in the first or second key stages.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen. There should also be no impact on the public sector.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1996 c.56. For the meaning of “prescribed” and “regulations” see section 579(1) of that Act.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1999/3181, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00003]: 2002 c.32.

[^f00004]: S.I. 2007/3071.