School Attendance

Education Committee Open Non-inquiry session
Opened: 8 Jul 2025 Parliament page
This one-off session is focused on school attendance. It seeks to build on the predecessor Committee's 2023 report, examining how far changes of policy, including under the new government, have helped to bolster attendance in schools.
1 Oral session
3 Letters
1 Event
Activity timeline 5 events
22 Jul
2025
Oral evidence
22 Jul
2025
Correspondence
22 Jul
2025
Correspondence
22 Jul
2025
Correspondence
22 Jul
2025
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Macmillan Room, Portcullis House
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
22 Jul 2025
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School Attendance
Cllr Gerald Vernon-Jackson CBE · Local Government Association (LGA) Dan Lilley · Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) Dr Susan Morris-King · Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) Ellie Costello · Square Peg Heather Sandy · Lincolnshire County Council Julie McCulloch · Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) Rachael Kenningham · School-Home Support
Correspondence 3 letters
22 Jul 2025 Carers Trust submission on School Attendance
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22 Jul 2025 Children in School ready to learn submission on School Attendance
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22 Jul 2025 National Education Union Submission on School Attendance
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