Policy and Research

Healthy eating in schools
Welsh Government want your views on proposals related to food and drink in maintained primary schools in Wales. They are also calling for evidence on the food provided in secondary schools.

Submit your comments by 29 July 2025

Rights, respect, equality anti-bullying guidance
Welsh Government want your views on revising the draft statutory guidance on anti-bullying, which aims to:
– support schools to work towards developing positive and respectful relationships amongst children and young people
– strengthen the guidance in respect of bullying on the grounds of prejudice and race
– take account of the impact bullying can have on a learner’s mental health and wellbeing
– set out how schools should work in partnership with others, including the NHS and third sector organisations
– send a clear message that bullying is unacceptable and will not be tolerated.

Submit your comments by 31 July 2025

The School Funding, Budget Statements and Outturn Statements (Wales) Regulations 2026
Welsh Government are considering potential changes to several Regulations relating to school funding, school budget statements and outturn statements. The changes are designed to:
– provide greater flexibility to allow local authorities to better support schools to manage their school budgets
– provide greater transparency, comparability and consistency in the system, to allow informed budget discussions at all levels
– This consultation is gathering stakeholder views which will inform new Regulations. These will amend and merge the School Funding (Wales) Regulations 2010, the Education Budget Statements (Wales) Regulations 2002 and the Education (Outturn Statements) (Wales) Regulations 2003 into one set of Regulations.

Submit your comments by 2 September 2025

Learner travel operational guidance 2025
This consultation seeks views on the draft second edition of the Learner Travel Operational Guidance. The draft guidance 2025 makes changes to the first edition of the guidance which was published in 2014. The majority of these amendments reflect changes to legislation and policy that have taken place since the guidance came into force or clarify requirements relating to legislation that was in place at that time. The main aims in revising this guidance are to ensure the guidance:
– aligns with and amplifies legislative developments that have taken place since the guidance was originally published in 2014
– provide clarity on transport provision for learners with additional learning needs
– strengthen guidance on Section 10 (promoting access to Welsh medium education) and Section 11 (promoting sustainable travel) of the Learner Travel (Wales) Measure
– reflect some of the good practice that has been identified across Wales to encourage collaboration and partnership working between delivery partners.

Submit your comments by 3 September 2025

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