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<p>National statistics on the number of unregistered schools that serve the faiths
stated in the question are not held centrally. Neither are details on the nature of
the curriculum. However, we know from Ofsted’s Annual Report 2015/16 that at the time
of publication, about a third of the settings inspected were associated with particular
faith groups and were found to be deliberately teaching a restricted, faith-based
curriculum.</p><p> </p><p>The annual report is available via the attached document.
The section on unregistered schools begins at paragraph 251.</p><p> </p><p>The Government
has had numerous discussions with a range of faith groups covering a number of matters,
but no specific conversations about unregistered schools with the unregistered schools
team. Nor have there been specific conversations between the unregistered schools
team and the Children’s Commissioner or Chief Constables. However, the unregistered
schools team has had a series of meetings with local councils to discuss how they,
as well as the Department and Ofsted, can work collaboratively to help ensure children
found to be attending unregistered independent schools and out of school settings
are safe and are receiving a suitable education. We have kept the Local Government
Association informed on progress. We, together with Ofsted, have had regular discussions
with the Crown Prosecution Service and are close to agreeing a formal memorandum of
understanding, to be published in due course, that sets out how each body discharges
its responsibilities in relation to prosecution of cases for the offence of operating
an unregistered school.</p><p> </p><p>As reported by Ofsted in its annual report,
the Ofsted team has only found a relatively small number of institutions operating
as unregistered schools, and most of those have ceased operating.</p><p> </p><p>Ofsted
did not include a figure for the number of children in the unregistered schools that
they had discovered, but given that the number of such institutions is relatively
small, the number of children being educated in them is likely to be limited.</p>
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