Committees

School Attendance

Non-inquiry session

This one-off session is focused on school attendance. It seeks to build on the predecessor Committee's 2023 report, examining how far changes of policy, including under the new government, have helped to bolster attendance in schools.

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Past events

Tuesday 22 July 2025
10:00am Public
School Attendance - Oral evidence 22 July 2025
10:00am
  • Julie McCulloch (Senior Director of Strategy, Policy & Professional Development at Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL))
  • Dr Susan Morris-King (Deputy Director for Schools and Early Education at Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted))
  • Heather Sandy (Chair of Association of Directors of Children’s Services Education Policy Committee and Executive Director of Children’s Services at Lincolnshire County Council)
  • Cllr Gerald Vernon-Jackson CBE (Deputy Chair of the LGA’s Children & Young People Board at Local Government Association (LGA))
11:00am
  • Dan Lilley (Senior Researcher at Centre for Social Justice (CSJ))
  • Ellie Costello (Executive Director at Square Peg)
  • Rachael Kenningham (Head of Policy and Engagement at School-Home Support)
The Macmillan Room, Portcullis House

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