Parents facing burnout following pandemic
More than eight in 10 parents are showing at least one warning sign of parental burnout following the COVID-19 pandemic.
Unhappy husband and father with his family at homeAction for Children research of more than 2,000 parents shows that 82% of parents are showing one warning sign at least of parental burnout. More [...]
Young people at Oakhill STC held in rooms for 23 hours a day
Children and young people at Oakhill Secure Training Centre are being held in their rooms for 23 hours a day, a joint inspection has found.
Children have spent approximately 19 hours per day on average locked in their rooms on average since mid-July 2021, the centre’s records show and on some days, this [...]
School attendance for children in need fell from 86% to 83% in two weeks due to COVID
School absence due to COVID- was 2.5% in all state-funded schools on 30 September, Department for Education statistics on attendance has shown.
Children in secondary school seemed to be the worst affected as while COVID-related absence was 1.9% in state-funded primary schools on 30 September, it was 3.2% in secondary schools.
This means [...]
Attendance at school drops further due to COVID-19
School attendance rates have fallen further the week before restrictions were lifted, DfE figures have shown.
Attendance rates on 15 July was 76.7% falling from 80.4% on 8 July and 83.4% on 1 July. On 24 June, attendance rates were 87.4%, showing more than a 10% drop in the number of children attending [...]
School leaders report COVID-related anxiety in schools and rise in self-harm
Most senior school leaders have reported that some of their pupils are suffering from COVID-related anxiety, while a substantial minority have seen an increase in incidents of self-harm.
The National Foundation for Educational Research report shows that schools are experiencing an increase in pupils with mental health issues, social distancing is posing a [...]
School attendance rates drop due to COVID-related reasons
School attendance rates have plummeted due to COVID-19-related reasons, Department for Education statistics have shown.
The proportion of students attending schools last week was 80.4% down from 83.4% on 1 July and 87.4% on 24 June.
Attendance in state-funded primary schools was 85.1% on 8 July, down from 87.8% on 1 July and [...]
