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
Exclusions

Exclusions higher than pre-Covid as suspensions rise again

New education minister slams 'shocking' figures as suspensions rates remain are record high

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exclusions

Managed moves: Track outcomes and involve ‘independent’ representative, councils told

Research finds tens of thousands of pupils have 'unexplained' moves from schools each year

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exclusions

Ban on legal aid for exclusions cases challenged

Permission has been granted for a test case arguing parents should get access to public funding to challenge potentially...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Help us ‘minimise’ exclusions, councils tell regional directors

The Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) wants academy regulators to 'play greater role' in cutting exclusions

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Exclusions

Exclusion rate back to pre-pandemic norm as suspensions soar

Exclusion figures for the autumn term last year have been published today

John Dickens
John Dickens
Alternative provision

How former footballer Eugene Dwaah is redefining alternative provision

Catching staff from alternative provision (AP) settings smoking weed alongside the young people they were responsible for was a...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Alternative provision

The excluded children with nowhere to go

A third of councils still had waiting lists this summer for PRU places

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Behaviour

Exclusions up on pandemic lull, as suspensions reach at record-high

But permanent exclusions still at lowest rate outside of lockdown-affected years

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker