Mental health

‘Someone’s got to do it, so we’re doing it’

Schools are swapping English and maths for lessons in wellbeing, running interventions akin to those used for drug addicts...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Attendance

‘The new epidemic’: Why more pupils are missing school

Absenteeism has become endemic in our schools. The search for solutions is keeping headteachers awake at night but, despite...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Covid

DfE will no longer publish school Covid absence updates

Leaders warn ‘having no stats doesn’t mean Covid has disappeared’

James Carr
James Carr
Schools

Schools must publish improvement plans in absence crackdown

The DfE is consulting on more prescriptive absence rules, ordering schools to be 'proactive' and councils to use their...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
News

Three in four secondary schools reopen to more pupils

Almost three in four secondary schools began face-to-face support for year 10 and 12 pupils last week, while almost...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker