Persistent absence and support for disadvantaged pupils
Education Committee
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Inquiry
The Education Committee has launched an inquiry into persistent absence and support for disadvantaged pupils. This inquiry will focus on the issue of persistent and severe absence in schools, with a focus on supporting disadvantaged pupils. The inquiry aims to examine the issue of persistent and severe absence and the …
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23
Recommendations
14
Conclusions
1
Report
4
Oral sessions
4
Events
Activity timeline 10 events
6 Dec
2023
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27 Sep
2023
2023
27 Jun
2023
2023
Oral evidence
27 Jun
2023
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 15, Palace of Westminster
6 Jun
2023
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6 Jun
2023
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 15, Palace of Westminster
16 May
2023
2023
Oral evidence
16 May
2023
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 15, Palace of Westminster
7 Mar
2023
2023
Oral evidence
7 Mar
2023
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Oral evidence sessions 4 sessions
27 Jun 2023
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Persistent absence and support for disadvantaged pupils
Graham Archer · Department for Education
Rt Hon Nick Gibb · Department for Education
6 Jun 2023
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Persistent absence and support for disadvantaged pupils; Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
David Holmes · Family Action
Declan Barker · Nottingham City Council
Jonathan Pauley · City Inspires
Leigh Middleton · National Youth Agency
Nathan Persaud · School of Hard Knocks (SoHK)
16 May 2023
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Persistent absence and support for disadvantaged pupils
Diana Sutton · Bell Foundation
Dr Claudia Sumner · Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
Dr Daniel Stavrou · Special Education Consortium
Ellie Costello · Square Peg
Pauline Anderson OBE · Traveller Movement
Vicki Nash · Mind
7 Mar 2023
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Persistent absence and support for disadvantaged pupils
Alice Wilcock · Centre for Social Justice
Cllr Lucy Nethsingha · Local Government Association
Dame Rachel de Souza · Office of the Children's Commissioner for England
Mr Rob Williams · National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT)
Reports 1 report · click to expand
| Title | HC No. | Published | Items | Response |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seventh Report - Persistent absence and support for disadvantage… | HC 970 | 27 Sep 2023 | 37 | Responded |
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
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Recommendation
Not Addressed
Seventh Report - Persistent absenc…
Implement an enrichment guarantee for pupils with KPIs focused on improving school attendance.
As the Centre for Social Justice have recommend, the Department should implement an enrichment guarantee for pupils in school including the use of sport, music, drama and art, looking to the youth sector for best practice. This guarantee should have …
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Government Response
The government does not commit to an enrichment guarantee or associated KPIs, instead stating that pupil premium and recovery premium funding, through its menu of approaches, already allows schools to fund extra-curricular activities like sport, music, drama, and art to address non-academic barriers to attendance.
Department for Education
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