Legislation – The Education (School Day and School Year) (England) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Amendment of the Education (School Day and School Year) (England) Regulations 19993.

(1)

The Education (School Day and School Year) (England) Regulations 19992 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 3—

(a)

in paragraph (6) for the words “2010-2011 school year and the 2011-2012 school year” substitute “school years mentioned in paragraph (7)”; and

(b)

after paragraph (6) insert—

“(7)

The school years are:

(a)

the 2010-2011 school year;

(b)

the 2011-2012 school year;

(c)

the 2021-2022 school year.”.

(3)

In regulation 4—

(a)

in paragraph (1) after “2010-2011” insert “or 2020-2021”; and

(b)

for paragraph (3) substitute—

“(3)

Paragraph (1) applies—

(a)

in relation to the 2010-2011 school year, to the training of teachers who teach pupils in the first or second key stages (as defined in section 82 of the Education Act 20023);

(b)

in relation to the 2020-2021 school year, to the training of teachers in connection with arrangements for pupils to undergo, on the school premises, lateral flow tests capable of detecting the presence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).”.