In the joint letter, the National Education Union (NEU) general secretaries Kevin Courtney and Dr Mary Bousted, together with the National Association for Headteachers’ (NAHT) general secretary Paul Whiteman, express their dismay at recent reports suggesting that EU citizen children have had their school place threatened and raise concern that the action of some school leaders may be a consequence of ‘poor-quality’ Government guidance to schools.
According to the NEU and NAHT, the Against Borders for Children (ABC) website has reported that some schools have issued notices to parents that threaten their child’s place in school, if they have not received EU Settled Status by 31 October.
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