Seventh Report - Persistent absence and support for disadvantaged pupils

Select Committee
Education Committee HC 970 27 September 2023
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 37 items (23 recs)
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Government Response (AI assessment · 37 of 37 classified)
Accepted 15
Accepted in Part 3
Acknowledged 2
Deferred 15
Not Addressed 1
Rejected 1
Government response
First Special Report - Persistent absence and support for disadvantaged pupils: Government response to the Committee’s Seventh Report · published 6 Dec 2023
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Recommendations & Conclusions

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19 Recommendation Not Addressed
Implement an enrichment guarantee for pupils with KPIs focused on improving school attendance.
Recommendation
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 Summary
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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