§ Baroness Blatchasked Her Majesty's Government:
When they expect all schools to have an admissions statement relating to the ethnic mix of their communities and to provide a record of the ethnic origin of each child. [HL3322]
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§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education and Skills (Baroness Ashton of Upholland)By 31 May 2002 all maintained schools are required to have a written race equality policy in place and arrangements for meeting their duties for assessing and monitoring the impact of their policies on pupils, staff and parents from different racial groups.
Admission authorities, including foundation and voluntary aided schools, are required to monitor school admissions. If this monitoring reveals that the ethnic make-up of a community is not reflected by admissions to a school, the admissions authority should review why this is the case and consider whether its policies need to be changed in order to promote equality of opportunity.