Schools failed to collect pupil nationality and country of birth data for hundreds of thousands of pupils for the second year running following an outcry over the controversial policy and a boycott by parents and schools.

Data released this week by the Department for Education shows that the government failed to obtain nationality data for 17.8% of pupils in this year’s spring census. This equates to more than 1.4 million children.

This data is listed as “not yet obtained” by schools for 15.4% of pupils, while 1.5% of families refused to provide it.

The government is also missing country of birth data for 16% of children.

This was “not obtained” for 13.6% of pupils, and “refused” for 1.6%.

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