Summary and Background
4.The Education Act implements proposals set out in the White Paper “Schools – achieving success” (Cm 5230) published on 5 September 2001, in five related consultation papers published on the same day (“The Way Forward – a Modernised Framework for School Governance”, “Consultation on School Admissions”, “Consultation on Exclusion Appeals Panels”, “Changes to the Registration and Monitoring of Independent Schools”, “Better beginnings – Improving Quality and Increasing Provision in Early Years Education and Childcare”) and in a consultation paper issued on 21 September (“16-19 Organisation and Inspection: a Consultation Document”). Implementation in Wales will be guided by the principles set out in the National Assembly for Wales’ (NAW) consultation document “The Learning Country” (“Y wlad sy’n Dysgu”), published on 5 September 2001.