What if I am put under pressure to ascribe an ethnic group for those pupils whose parents have not returned the ethnic group data collection form?
Individual members of staff should not be put under pressure to ascribe. However, ascription, if properly conducted according to DCSF guidelines, meets the requirements of data protection legislation and has the support the Commission for Racial Equality. Every pupil record will make clear whether the information provided came from the pupil or parent and whether ascribed by the present school or previous school. Pupils or their parents will retain the right to remove or change the ethnic group category at any time.
