Education secretary Michael Gove kicked off the year with a focus on truancy in schools. He said that more scrutiny would be placed on schools when it comes to attendance and unveiled plans to reduce the threshold for being persistently absent from 20 to 15 per cent of school lessons missed. Meanwhile, he warned students who make false accusations that they could face prosecution.
SecEd continued its campaign to raise awareness over the dangers of the asbestos in schools. We asked founder of the Asbestos in Schools group, Michael Lees, to outline some key questions for the Department for Education to answer. We supported his call for guidance and regulations to be created to specifically govern asbestos management in schools and for the removal of asbestos from the 75 per cent of UK schools that still contain the deadly substance.
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