104.Section 23(2) sets out what a local authority is required to do in order to raise and ensure awareness of late immersion education (defined in section 23(1)) so that parents or guardians can make informed decisions about a child’s education at any point. Duties include encouraging an increase in the demand for late immersion education, and increased participation in it. Section 23(2) also places a duty on local authorities to make arrangements to provide information and advice to the persons listed in section 23(2)(b)(i) to (v) regarding late immersion education, and taking all reasonable steps to provide late immersion education that meets the demand in its area (section 23(2)(c)).
105.Where a local authority notifies a school’s governing body of the availability of late immersion education, section 23(3) requires a school’s governing body to take all reasonable steps to ensure that information about the provision of late immersion education, and how to access it, is known to the school’s pupils and their parents.
Commentary on Sections Late immersion education Section 23 - Late immersion education in Welsh