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Written question asked by Darren Jones (Labour) on Monday, 9 July 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 12 July 2018 (named day). It was answered by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Thursday, 12 July 2018 on behalf of the Department for Education.


Pupils: Personal Records

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is the Government's policy that schools will be required to request children's nationality and country of birth through the termly school census for the academic year 2018-19.

Answer

The requirements for the 2018/19 school census were finalised, and communicated to schools, via publication of the 2018/19 school census guidance on 28 June 2018:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-census.

From September 2018 onwards, there is no requirement for schools to collect, or hold, nationality, country of birth and proficiency in English data for the purposes of the school census.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
162136
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Census Personal records Pupils Nationality Schools
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk