In the News (Archive)

Truancy levels rise despite £16m drive

Nearly one in four secondary pupils played truant last year despite a £16m drive to cut the number of children skipping class
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Raising School Attendance, Cracking Down On Serial Truants

School attendance is now at record levels, with 17,000 more pupils regularly attending school every day in the last year
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Rise in teenage truancy figures

There has been a rise in truancy figures for secondary pupils in England, despite a campaign to clamp down on the problem
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Ten-hour school day will go nationwide

A pilot scheme to open 1,000 primaries for 10 or more hours a day will eventually be extended nationwide
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Spoilt for choice?

Gerald Haigh charts a path through the bewildering array of MIS software and services
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Rector keeps an electronic eye on kids.

A Scottish school is using wireless technology to cut back on escapees from the classroom
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Clarke Welcomes Steady Progress In Education Following Good Summer Exam Results

Education Secretary Charles Clarke today welcomed the steady progress in education since 1997.
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Healthy Schools, Active Minds: A Healthy Living Blueprint

All schools will be supported to do more to encourage children to eat sensibly
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Cash allowances for school pupils

About half of 16 year olds staying on to take A-levels or vocational subjects will be able to claim a weekly allowance while they are learning
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More entries and more pupils doing well at GCSE

School Standards Minister David Miliband welcomed today’s GCSE results which show that there are more entries and more pupils achieving top grades
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Teenagers cash in on school days

Almost 10,000 teenagers are to receive their first payments for staying on at school this month (15 Aug 04)
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Girls are 'more likely' to truant

But boys are more likely to be excluded because of bad behaviour, new research has found (15 Aug 04)
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Analysis: school reforms

The government's five-year plan for education in England runs to 110 pages (08 Jul 04)
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BBC News - Truancy mother faces jail again

A mother who was jailed for letting her daughter truant faces a second jail term for failing to stop another child from skipping school (23 Mar 04)
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