DfE set to axe pupil data-sharing deal with Home Office

The government’s apparent policy reversal has been heralded as a victory by campaigners fighting the ‘poisonous’ requirement that schools collect data on pupils.Campaigners are claiming victory amid reports that the government is to back down on a controversial requirement that schools must collect data on their pupils’ nationality and country of birth.The campaign group Against Borders for Children (ABC), which has fought against the policy since its introduction in Sept