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Secondary Education: Data Protection

Commons · Question 44215 · Tabled 4 Apr 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 14 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Dame Caroline Dinenage

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of mandating the sharing of students' data between Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Morgan, 14 Apr 2025

All schools maintained by a local authority in England are required to send a Common Transfer File (CTF) to the new school when a pupil ceases to be registered at their school and becomes a registered pupil at another school. Academies, including free sch...