Almost a fifth of pupils with special education needs are absent from school, according to government figures, as parents find their children shut out by rigid coronavirus rules.
According to data published last week, 81% of children in England with Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) at state-funded schools were in attendance on 24 September, compared with 88% of all children.
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‘Undue focus’ on pupils’ race risks ‘over-complicating’ exclusions, says judge
School ‘vindicated’ after ruling it acted lawfully when it excluded a boy of black Caribbean heritage Read the full article in Schools Week here.
Adoption fund to continue after families ‘left in limbo’
A fund to provide therapy for adopted children will continue, the government has confirmed, after families criticised uncertainty over its future. Families had been calling
This is the devastating impact growing up in temporary accommodation has on children’s GCSE results
Children’s Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza has called on decision makers to talk more about what it’s like for children to grow up homeless after
