The Independent Schools (Provision of Information) (Wales) Regulations 2024

Initial return

4.—(1) If requested to do so by the registration authority, the proprietor of a registered independent school must provide the registration authority with an initial return for the independent school.

(2) Each initial return must—

(a) be in the form of an online application which is accessed from the pages of the website maintained by the Welsh Government which have been established for this purpose,

(b) be made up to the date specified by the registration authority,

(c) contain the information specified in Part 3 of the Schedule, and

(d) contain a certificate signed by the proprietor or by a person authorised by the proprietor to give the certificate on the proprietor’s behalf that, to the best of their knowledge and belief, the statements made in the initial return are accurate.

(3) An initial return must be provided within the period of 90 days beginning with—

(a) the admission date, or

(b) where the registration authority’s request for the initial return is made after the admission date, the date of the request.

(4) The “admission date” is the first date on which—

(a) five or more pupils are admitted to the school, if the school is an independent school by virtue of section 463(1)(a) of the 1996 Act, or

(b) one pupil is admitted to the school, if the school is an independent school by virtue of section 463(1)(b) of that Act.