News

Vague 6,500 recruitment target unlikely to be met without ‘new policy action’

Recruitment & Retention

Children missing education: Up to 50,000 students will have left school by year 11

Vulnerable children

Mainstream schools get £740m to 'create specialist facilities' for SEND students

School funding and finance

Parental disengagement hampering efforts to reduce unauthorised and persistent absence

Attendance

Autumn term suspensions increase by almost 100,000

Behaviour

A day of best practice: Overcoming barriers for Pupil Premium students

Pupil Premium and disadvantage

Teaching staff continue to report high levels of anxiety, depression, stress, and burn-out

Staff wellbeing

Children as young as 11 carrying knives 'for protection'

Vulnerable children

Lessons about the environment are as important as learning maths

Climate change

Youth club closures during austerity hit GCSE outcomes

Government policy

Almost 1 in 4 pupils say they are frequently bullied at school

Anti-Bullying

Young carers twice as likely to be suspended

Pupil wellbeing