Attendance

The 10 new attendance rules schools need to know about

Ministers publish new guidance that will become statutory from September

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Number of children ‘missing education’ rises a quarter

117,000 children were not registered at a school and not receiving a suitable education elsewhere at some point last...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Attendance

Absence fines rise to £80 and daily data mandatory from September

Penalties for unauthorised absence will hit £80, and all schools will have to join attendance tracker scheme

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Attendance

Persistent absence risks children’s futures. Here’s how we’ll address it

Raising fines and making guidance and daily data submissions mandatory will boost early intervention and a support-first approach, says...

Freddie Whittaker
Damian Hinds
Schools

‘Elite’ Star and Eton sixth forms reveal ‘clearing house’ careers role

Partnership between academy trust and top private school also opens new 'think and do' tank

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Schools

Reception baseline test: Partial move to digital delayed

Standards and Testing Agency had planned to move some elements of the test on-screen from 2024

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Give parents termly window to request childcare, schools told

Ahead of the launch of the wraparound childcare programme, the government has published new guidance for schools

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

Labour’s school improvement teams will deliver misogyny training

Research shows rise in references to sexual harassment, abuse and safeguarding incidents in Ofsted reports

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Lambeth spent £230k on legal fees over superhead departure

It was revealed the council had reached a settlement with Sir Craig Tunstall last month

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth