News | Wellbeing and Behaviour

Parental disengagement hampering efforts to reduce unauthorised and persistent absence

Attendance

Autumn term suspensions increase by almost 100,000

Behaviour

Teaching staff continue to report high levels of anxiety, depression, stress, and burn-out

Staff wellbeing

Children as young as 11 carrying knives 'for protection'

Vulnerable children

Almost 1 in 4 pupils say they are frequently bullied at school

Anti-Bullying

Young carers twice as likely to be suspended

Pupil wellbeing

Attendance mentoring expands into 10 new areas

Attendance

School staff resort to buying hygiene products for children in poverty

Poverty

Cost of school uniforms begins to fall

Poverty

More than 52 hours a week: Teacher workload continues to rise

Workload

Mental health crisis: Sharp rise in young people attending A&E

Mental health

Secondary teachers 'expect behaviour to be worse this year'

Behaviour