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12For the purposes of this schedule and schedule 2—
“catchment area” has the meaning given in section 28A(3D) of the 1980 Act,
“denominational school” is a school of a type referred to in section 21 of the 1980 Act,
“English medium education” means teaching by means of the English language,
“Gaelic medium education” means teaching by means of the Gaelic language (as spoken in Scotland),
“nursery class”, “primary education”, secondary education” and “further education” are to be construed in accordance with section 135(1) and (2) of the 1980 Act,
“primary school” and “secondary school” are schools where primary and secondary education respectively are provided (whether or not exclusively),
“school commencement date” has the meaning given in section 32(1) of the 1980 Act,
“special school” has the meaning given in section 29(1) of the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 4) and “special class” is a class of the kind described there,
“stage of education” means—
a yearly stage of—
primary education, or
secondary education,
a nursery class in a school, or
a special class in a school which is not itself a special school.
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