Source · Select Committees · Education Committee
Recommendation 17
17
Deferred
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Commission research to test the link between sports-based interventions and improved school attendance.
Recommendation
We recommend the Department commission research to test the link between sports- based interventions and improved attendance. As part of this, the Department should look to the third sector for effective practice examples.
Government Response Summary
The government responded by outlining its existing 'Working together to improve school attendance' guidance from May 2022, rather than committing to commissioning research on sports-based interventions and attendance.
Paragraph Reference:
88
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
18. The Government issued the guidance ‘Working together to improve school attendance’ in May 2022, and it has been widely welcomed both for the ‘support first’ ethos it promotes and the clearer expectations it sets out. It reflects best practice already in place across the system and was formulated following extensive informal consultation and joint working with the sector and with stakeholders representing pupils and families, including many of those who provided evidence to this inquiry. It was also subject to a formal consultation which ran for five weeks in January and February 2022.