Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Education – in the Senedd at 2:16 pm on 3 July 2019.
No, it's not at all a blanket 'no'. We would expect the majority of placements to last for two years, however, all these placements come to me, as Minister, for sign-off and I know that I have signed off, for this financial year, a number of three-year placements, because that three-year placement has been designated and decided is the most appropriate length of study for an individual student. And from time to time, we have requests that are brought forward to extend a two-year placement to a third year if that's in the best interest of the learners. So, there is absolute flexibility still in place within Wales, and the nature, whether it's two years or three years, or whether a two-year needs to extend into a third year is a matter of an individual's assessment, and there is no blanket policy of saying only two years.