News

Campaigners fear another ‘hostile environment’ over EU pupils’ status

Schools will face “inappropriate” pressure to snoop on EU pupils’ immigration status from next month, say heads and campaigners...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
News

Government faces legal action on pupil nationality data

A campaign group is raising money to take the Department for Education to the High Court over its decision...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Information Commissioner cracks down on pupil nationality data collection

The information commissioner has told the Department for Education to strengthen its guidance on collecting pupil nationality data. Census...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Government reviews pupil nationality check guidance after schools’ passport demands

The government has beefed up official guidance for the controversial pupil nationality data collection duty after schools wrongly demanded...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Opinion

‘Refuse, retract, resist’ school nationality data collection

Parents can choose not to be complicit in building border controls in our playgrounds – and so can schools,...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
News

Wilshaw: I would have refused pupil immigration checks as head

The collection of pupil nationality and country of birth data by schools is a “daft idea”, Sir Michael Wilshaw...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

What schools need to know about collecting census nationality data

Changes to the school census that require the collection of data on pupils’ country of birth and nationality are back on...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker