More from this theme Recent articles Labour’s off-rolling crackdown could finally “shed light on a practice that is currently invisible” but must be supported by councils and trusts to work, experts have said.  The schools white paper unveiled plans to tighten up scrutiny over pupil movements, and to interrogate the leaders of schools suspected of illegal exclusions or other shady methods to skew cohorts.  Kiran Gill, chief executive of inclusion charity The Difference, said this “has been an area of insufficient data accountability”.  “It shouldn’t be up to investigative journalists or brilliant statisticians to highlight where there’s a system challenge.”  Concerning practices The government will launch a new internal dashboard that identifies school-level trends “that could suggest off-rolling or other concerning practices, including off-site direction and managed moves”. Kiran Gill It will use this to conduct an annual review of how children move through the education system. Officials will “follow up on a targeted basis with responsible bodies to better understand and challenge where there are possible concerns”. Off-rolling is when a pupil is removed …