Lord Anderson of Swansea
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(6 years, 6 months ago)
Lords ChamberMy Lords, unfortunately I do not have all that information to hand, but I will of course write to my noble friend.
My Lords, when schools close, is there any attempt by the Government to follow up where the students go to see whether they are simply going to other schools that reopen and teach in the same way?
My Lords, we introduced some statutory changes to requirements on schools quite recently. It is now a requirement that a school notify the local authority of what are called deletions from the register, whether the parent has formally notified the school of the destination of the child or not. Local authorities are made aware of closing schools in those situations.