Written questions

Schools: Undocumented Migrants

Commons · Question 84978 · Tabled 24 Oct 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 3 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has issued guidance to schools on ensuring that classroom discussions involving people who have entered the UK illegally do not (a) compromise safeguarding standards and (b) expose pupils

Answer

Answered by Georgia Gould, 3 Nov 2025

Under sections 406 and 407 of the Equality Act 1996, schools must not promote partisan political views and should ensure that pupils are provided with a balanced treatment of political issues.To support this, the department has published comprehensive gui...