Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Act 2025 / Deddf y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) 2025
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Act 2025 / Deddf y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) 2025 (2025 c. 2)
- Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Act 2025 / Deddf y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) 2025 (2025 c. 2)
- PART 1 PROMOTION AND FACILITATION OF USE OF THE WELSH LANGUAGE
- 1 Welsh language strategy targets: at least a million Welsh speakers and increase in use
- 2 Reporting on targets in the Welsh language strategy
- 3 Calculating the number of Welsh speakers
- 4 Reviewing the Welsh language standards
- PART 2 DESCRIBING WELSH LANGUAGE ABILITY
- 5 Types of Welsh language user and common reference levels
- 6 Code to describe Welsh language ability
- 7 Publishing and reviewing the Code
- PART 3 WELSH LANGUAGE EDUCATION
- Introduction
- 8 Overview and interpretation
- Language categories of schools
- 9 School language categories
- 10 Minimum amount of provision of Welsh language education for each language category
- 11 Welsh language learning goals for each language category
- 12 Assessing progress towards meeting Welsh language learning goals
- 13 Regulations on school language categories
- Welsh language education delivery plans
- 14 School Welsh language education delivery plans
- 15 Approval of Welsh language education delivery plans
- 16 Review and amendment of Welsh language education delivery plan
- 17 Amending Welsh language education delivery plan to change school language category
- 18 Minimum amount of Welsh language education: temporary exemption
- 19 Minimum amount of Welsh language education: further exemption
- Special schools
- 20 Community special schools: plans and language category designation
- Maintained nursery schools
- 21 Welsh language nursery education delivery plans
- Register
- 22 Register of school language categories
- Late immersion education
- 23 Late immersion education in Welsh
- PART 4 PLANNING WELSH LANGUAGE EDUCATION AND LEARNING WELSH
- National Framework
- 24 National Framework for Welsh Language Education and Learning Welsh
- 25 National Framework: further provision on the education workforce
- 26 Implementing the National Framework
- 27 National Framework: further provision about content, review and amendment
- 28 Consultation and publication of the National Framework
- 29 Reporting on the National Framework
- Local plans
- 30 Local Welsh in education strategic plans
- 31 Period of local Welsh in education strategic plans
- 32 Approval of local Welsh in education strategic plans
- 33 Publication and implementation of local Welsh in education strategic plans
- 34 Review and amendment of local Welsh in education strategic plans
- 35 Regulations
- 36 Amendments to the School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013
- General
- 37 Interpretation
- PART 5 NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING WELSH
- 38 National Institute for Learning Welsh
- Objective and functions of the Learning Welsh Institute
- 39 Facilitating and supporting lifelong Welsh language learning
- 40 Additional functions
- 41 Promoting equality of opportunity
- 42 Promoting innovation and continuous improvement
- 43 Promoting collaboration in relation to learning Welsh
- 44 Promoting co-ordination in relation to learning Welsh
- 45 Application of Welsh language standards
- General
- 46 Strategic plan
- 47 Annual report
- PART 6 GENERAL
- 48 Directions and guidance
- 49 Repeal of provisions in the School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013
- 50 Education Acts
- 51 Interpretation
- 52 Publication
- 53 Sending documents
- 54 Regulations under this Act
- 55 Consequential and transitional provision etc.
- 56 Coming into force
- 57 Short title
- SCHEDULE 1 TYPES OF WELSH LANGUAGE USER AND COMMON REFERENCE LEVELS
- SCHEDULE 2 NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING WELSH
- PART 1 STATUS
- Status
- PART 2 MEMBERSHIP
- Members
- Disqualification from non-executive membership
- Non-executive membership terms
- Removal etc. of members
- PART 3 STAFF
- Chief executive
- Other staff
- PART 4 DELEGATION
- Committees and sub-committees
- Delegation
- PART 5 PROCEDURE ETC.
- Procedure
- Validity of proceedings and acts
- Seal
- Evidence
- PART 6 FINANCIAL MATTERS
- Finance
- Accounting officer
- Accounts
- Audit
- Examination into use of resources
- Register of interests
- Supplementary powers
- PART 7 CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENT
- Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)
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