The education secretary has vowed to tackle persistent pupil absences "head on", describing it as a "key priority".
In a speech to head teachers on Saturday, Nadhim Zahawi said disadvantaged children lose out most from not being in school.
Ahead of the spending review later this month, he pledged to invest "record sums" in children's education.
Read the full article on the BBC here.
Mobile phones to be banned in schools in England under government plans
The government will seek to make phone bans in schools statutory by introducing an amendment in the House of Lords to the Children’s Wellbeing and
100 staff to transfer as another children’s charity joins Coram network
Family Lives, registered as a charity in 1999 under the name Parentline Plus, joined the Coram Group today, with its 150 volunteers also transferring to
Pupils in England are losing their thinking skills because of AI, survey suggests
Two-thirds of secondary school teachers report a decline in core abilities such as writing and problem-solving Read the full article in the Guardian here.