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
Attendance

Six policies to get ‘invisible’ looked-after children back to school

First collection of data from the children's commissioner shows nearly 1,500 children with social workers not in school

John Dickens
John Dickens
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
Attendance

‘Sector-led’ attendance hubs to tackle school absence rates

Expansion of hubs programme follows a pilot which 'achieved significant reductions' in absence

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth