Pupil attendance in schools
These figures should be a wake-up call to government to look at the wider issues affecting attendance.
News type: Press release
School funding statistics
1 in 8 schools were in deficit at the end of the financial year 2022-23.
Labour on children not in school
We need a concerted effort to address the SEND funding crisis as well as tackling child poverty and the extreme impact that it has on children and young people's capacity to maintain regular attendance.
Sutton Trust on Early Years Education
Early Years education is vitally important but Early Years policy is heading in the wrong direction.
Gillian Keegan response to Senior Coroner
A government which wants to make a difference to the wellbeing of teachers and school leaders will need to go deeper than these announcements.
Ofsted response to Senior Coroner
Ofsted is clinging on to its delusions. The measures it proposes in response to the senior coroner’s report do not match the scale of the problem that it inflicts on schools.
Ofsted safeguarding risk
Ofsted poses a safeguarding risk to teachers and students, according to NEU poll.
Education unions respond to workload taskforce recommendations
This update is only a very small part of the work needed to see the reductions in workload we all aspire to.
Labour’s child health action plan
Schools should be able to deliver these programmes free from the worry of budget constraints and increases to staff workload.
Labour plans to tackle school absence
Educators are looking to politicians to match their policies to the scale of the problems.
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