Maria Caulfield – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maria Caulfield on 2015-12-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment her Department has made of the ethnic diversity among pupils of Catholic schools and non-Catholic schools.

Edward Timpson

All schools are subject to the Equality Act 2010 and must comply with the requirements of the Schools Admission Code. The legislation is already available within the Equality Act 2010 and the Admission Code, which ensures schools meet their statutory requirements ensuring that a diverse ethnic group of pupils attend both Catholic and non-Catholic schools.

The department does not conduct comparative assessments of ethnicity diversity among pupils of Catholic schools and non-Catholic schools.