Education: Equality
2026-06-10 · Department for Education · 9022 · Official question
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the new socio-economic duty will apply to (a) LEA schools, (b) academies, (c) further education colleagues, (d) universities and (e) the Office for Students.
Answer
The Socio-Economic Duty (SED) will embed consideration of socio-economic disadvantage into public sector decision-making. It will require specified public authorities to have due regard to how their strategic decisions can reduce inequalities of outcomes ...