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Secondary Education: Data Protection

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.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
4 Apr 2025
Target answer date
8 Apr 2025
Answer
14 Apr 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    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.

  2. 8 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 14 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    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...

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