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

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

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
Politics

Ark stands by chair Sir Paul Marshall over social media activity

The Conservative donor has been accused of liking and sharing extremist posts

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted: Employers lack skills to help SEND pupils on work experience

Leaders 'prioritised work experience and many were building relationships with employers', but with 'mixed results'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School funding

‘Sizeable minority’ of academy trusts ‘vulnerable’ as pupil numbers fall

Analysis finds hundreds of primary-only or majority trusts could be in financial jeopardy

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School funding

‘Severe hardship’ as thousands of schools get 0.5% funding rise

Academy trust body requests emergency funding following government's reduction in minimum per-pupil funding levels

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

More than 10,000 pupils ‘fall through the cracks’ – de Souza

Children's commissioner makes wide-ranging recommendations to make school system more 'inclusive'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker