Schools

6 key school findings from biggest annual parent survey

Worrying findings on school absences, home education and children feeling unsafe at school

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Attendance

Schools stumble on the attendance tightrope

Schools are walking an attendance tightrope amid government pressure and more parental opposition

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
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