Bridget Phillipson: parents must do more about bad behaviour and attendance in schools
Education secretary targets 800 schools as she attempts to turn around post-Covid trends with enhanced supportParents and caregivers “need to do more” to reverse post-Covid trends of poor attendance and behaviour in schools, the education secretary has said, announcing new measures to support...
<p>Education secretary targets 800 schools as she attempts to turn around post-Covid trends with enhanced support</p><p>Parents and caregivers “need to do more” to reverse post-Covid trends of poor attendance and behaviour in schools, the education secretary has said, announcing new measures to support schools in England before the start of the new school year.</p><p>Bridget Phillipson unveiled a UK government programme on Sunday targeting 800 schools attended by about 600,000 pupils, beginning with an initial wave of 21 schools that will serve as attendance and behaviour hubs.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/aug/31/bridget-phillipson-parents-must-do-more-about-bad-behaviour-and-attendance-in-schools">Continue reading...</a>
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