Question follow-through · 20314
Truancy: Sandwell
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of above average unauthorised absence rates on educational outcomes in Sandwell local authority area.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 16 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 18 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 2 Jan 2025 · 17 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of above average unauthorised absence rates on educational outcomes in Sandwell local authority area.
18 Dec 2024
Target answer date
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2 Jan 2025
Answer published
Improving school attendance is central to the government’s Opportunity Mission to drive high and rising standards for every child. The government has inherited an epidemic of school absence which is one of the biggest barriers to opportunity, damaging lea...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Teachers: Sandwell
1 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to ensure that all schools in Sandwell are listing teaching jobs with a (a) main and (b) upper pay scale.