A “sizeable number” of Ukrainian children who have arrived in England are still not in school, the government has admitted.
But schools and councils have been praised for their “herculean efforts” in offering almost 10,000 places for children so far, around 87 per cent of those who have applied.
The government said it would “use the data to make sure all school age children from Ukraine are getting a good education”.
For the first time, the Department for Education has published data on the number of children arriving from Ukraine, Afghanistan and Hong Kong who have applied for and been offered school places.
