Press release Persistent Absence Date: 27/09/2023 Education Select Committee Report England Child poverty
Press release KS2 SATs and the Disadvantage Gap Date: 12/09/2023 The government is failing to invest either in our schools, or in our most disadvantaged children. England Assessment Child poverty
Press release NFER on impact of cost-of-living crisis on schools Date: 07/09/2023 Schools are increasingly having to fill gaps left by the cost-of-living crisis England Child poverty
Press release Sutton Trust on Social Mobility Date: 29/06/2023 Poverty and disadvantage can have severe impacts on children’s educational experience England Child poverty
Press release PAC report : A lost generation in education Date: 07/06/2023 This new report spells out the worrying trends that schools have been seeing since the pandemic. The Government must ensure that funding for the NTP is adequate and long-term, invest in educators. England Assessment Child poverty Mental health
Press release Poverty impacts pupils, study shows Date: 26/05/2023 New research shows worrying link between poverty, mental health and GCSE grades. England Child poverty
Press release Minister’s announcement on cheaper school uniforms Date: 02/05/2023 It is welcome that the Education Minister has taken this step to try and help ensure school uniforms are not a barrier to children attending school. Wales Child poverty
Press release Professional unity – the next step Date: 04/04/2023 Our movement is strongest when we work together. England Annual Conference Child poverty Funding Ofsted
Press release State of education 2023: child poverty Date: 04/04/2023 94% of teachers and 97% of support staff respondents believe that poverty or low income affects learning. England Annual Conference Child poverty
Press release IFS on free school meals Date: 29/03/2023 Restrictive eligibility and a focus on means-testing eligibility results in many more children going hungry than are receiving free school meals. England Child poverty
Press release Impact of cost-of-living crisis Date: 06/03/2023 We endorse the recommendations by Barnardo’s for universal free school meals in primary schools. England Child poverty