News | Parental engagement

Child wellbeing more important to parents than grades and Ofsted ratings

Pupil wellbeing

Rewards or sanctions? What works when addressing secondary school absence?

Attendance

Headteachers 'under siege' by parental complaints culture

Attendance

The school leaders suffering verbal abuse, threatening behaviour and physical violence from parents

Senior leadership

Parental disengagement hampering efforts to reduce unauthorised and persistent absence

Attendance

Cost of school uniforms begins to fall

Poverty

Attendance crisis: School leaders warn of rising parental disputes

Attendance

Literacy fears: The disadvantaged pupils who don't own a single book

Poverty

Branded items to blame for £422 average school uniform cost

Legislation and guidance

SEND Improvement Plan: DfE has not understood ‘gravity of the situation’

Inclusion

School admissions warning: 'The scope for indirect selection is large'

Parental engagement

Cost of living crisis: Increasing numbers of non-FSM pupils cannot afford school lunches

Safeguarding