• Why 140,000 pupils are ‘severely absent’ from school in England – and what we can do about it

    Why 140,000 pupils are ‘severely absent’ from school in England – and what we can do about it
    Redundancies. Lack of funding. A pandemic. All have contributed to a huge rise in children missing from class. Now there’s a bold new initiative to solve the problemPassmores Academy in Harlow was the subject of a riveting 2011 fly-on-the-wall documentary series on Channel 4 called Educating Essex. It followed the lives of teenagers and staff, led by the charismatic, ebullient head teacher Vic Goddard. He has since become hugely influential advocating the importance of education, particula

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