Asked by: Lorraine Beavers (Labour - Blackpool North and Fleetwood)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the practice of off-rolling.
Answered by Stephen Morgan - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
The government is clear that off-rolling is an unacceptable practice and the department continues to work with Ofsted to tackle it.
Ofsted takes any use of unlawful exclusions and off-rolling very seriously. Where evidence of off-rolling is found by inspectors, it will impact the school’s leadership and management judgement.
This government is committed to reforming Ofsted to enhance the inspection regime by replacing a single headline grade with a new report card system telling parents clearly how schools are performing and introduce a new annual review of safeguarding, attendance, and off-rolling.