The government is to set to begin collecting data on how many children from immigrant families are being taught in England’s schools at the start of the next school year.
A change in census recored will expand the information that the Department for Education collects, and will include nationality and country of birth alongside the current requirement of marking a individual’s ethnicity.
It is believed that the new information will not be used as part of an investigation into the ‘impact of mass migration’ on schools. The census takes place three times a year.
Nearly one in two (49%) UK parents feel under-informed about what their children are eating at school, new research from ParentPay Group and LACA reveals.
Young people with experience of being out of education, employment and training will help shape policy as part of a new Youth Guarantee Advisory Panel.
Chefs in Schools has published a report compiling findings from polls surveying 1,000 parents, and found that 96 per cent want their children’s school meals to be prepared with fresh and/or nutritious ingredients
A new initiative will see primary school children becoming junior active travel inspectors, with a new mission to help more kids cycle, walk, wheel, and scoot to schools.
Ofsted has announced it will be holding a programme of sector engagement events in September to go alongside the final set of education inspection reforms.