Schools

Just 1 in 20 severely absent pupils get five good GCSEs, study shows

But those whose absence improves in year 11 go on to get better grades than those who stay away

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Attendance

Almost 1 in 10 secondary pupils off as sickness absence rises

The proportion of pupils missing school because of illness has doubled in two weeks

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Attendance

Attendance: Ministers plan local absence ‘action alliances’

DfE also meeting health leaders to discuss better data-sharing between departments

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Attendance

Attendance: MPs want mental health absence code and CAMHS review

Schools should also be compelled to use the daily attendance data collection to 'turn the tide on absence', says...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Attendance

‘I don’t really care anymore’: Parent apathy on attendance laid bare

Report exposes 'fundamental breakdown in the relationship between schools and parents'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

How attendance hubs are tackling soaring absences

Leaders are going beyond the school gates in their push to get children back in the classroom

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Attendance gap widens as poorer pupils fall behind

Government data shows alarming absence rates are not improving

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Ofsted

School loses injunction bid to halt publication of ‘unfair’ Ofsted report

Thomas Telford School was downgraded from 'outstanding' after inspectors found suspensions were not recorded properly

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Extra-curricular

How a school’s new clubs are lifting attendance and wellbeing

In an education world dominated by academic results, a West Sussex school is bucking the trend and focusing on...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill