Persistent absence and support for disadvantaged pupils

Education Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 12 Jan 2023 Closed: 27 May 2024 Parliament page
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 … Read more
23 Recommendations
14 Conclusions
1 Report
4 Oral sessions
4 Events
Activity timeline 10 events
Oral evidence sessions 4 sessions
Persistent absence and support for disadvantaged pupils
Graham Archer · Department for Education Rt Hon Nick Gibb · Department for Education
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)
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
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)
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
19 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 … Read more
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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Government Response AI assessment · 37 of 23 classified

Total 23 recs + 14 conclusions