Attendance

New council seeks solutions to ‘lost learning’ from absence and exclusions

Research finds 32 million days were lost to unauthorised absence and exclusions in 2022-23

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Attendance

Absence gap for vulnerable children rises

Concerning analysis reveals most vulnerable pupils miss up to 4.4 more days of school than their peers

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Attendance

Attendance: Map out bullying ‘hotspots’ to cut absence, says report

Schools found success when they identified areas where pupils did not feel safe

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Parent activism

 The rise of parent activism

“Would you enter a burning building, just to meet a government target?” The question flashed up on screen during...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Attendance

Butlin’s accused of ‘undermining’ school absence fight

Holiday firm offers four-night 'showtime term-time midweek breaks'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Attendance

Boosting attendance of ‘odd day’ absentees the ‘big prize’, says minister

The inside story of the government's latest drive to cut absences

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Attendance

£2.3m absence mentoring pilot reaches just half of target

And just half of those reached achieved improved attendance

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Attendance

Absence fines: 1 in 5 pupils could fall below threshold

Around 1.7m children could now face fines, analysis finds, with 40 per cent of disadvantaged year 10 pupils below...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Attendance

Don’t give pupils time off for protests, new school guidance says

Clarity comes after Gillian Keegan said 'missing school for activism is unacceptable'

John Dickens
John Dickens