What if a school or local education authority has very few pupils with an ethnic group recorded?
A low response rate could have potential implications on the amount of funding a school receives as part of any present or future funding based on pupil numbers. A low return will also affect the schools ability to report data for the Pupil Level Annual Schools Census. The DCSF may want to consider the reasons why some schools or local education authorities have a significantly low return in case additional advice can offered.
