Manchester City Council
Latest breaking News
Tackling persistent absence has become a key priority for ministers after rates soared during the pandemic
Leaders describe new data as 'extremely worrying' as exam students remain worst-hit by absences
Ofsted also found remote education has 'negatively affected' some pupils' perception of the need to be in school
The DfE is consulting on more prescriptive absence rules, ordering schools to be 'proactive' and councils to use their...
School leaders are calling for changes to the government's current Covid guidance
More than a million children were absent from school last week because of Covid, new government data suggests. Department...
The education secretary has said he is working with colleagues to “relax Covid measures in schools”, after new figures...
The number of pupils absent because of a potential contact with Covid-19 in school has quadrupled in just one...
Three in ten teachers have reported a surge in non-Covid-related persistent absences, with the problem more acute in the...
