Source · Select Committees · Education Committee
Recommendation 19
19
Not Addressed
Implement an enrichment guarantee for pupils with KPIs focused on improving school attendance.
Recommendation
As the Centre for Social Justice have recommend, the Department should implement an enrichment guarantee for pupils in school including the use of sport, music, drama and art, looking to the youth sector for best practice. This guarantee should have KPIs focusing on improving school attendance, and the Department should provide options for schools to incorporate this via an extended school day, should they wish to implement one. (Paragraph 98) Barriers to attendance for pupils with health difficulties
Government response summary AI-generated
The government does not commit to an enrichment guarantee or associated KPIs, instead stating that pupil premium and recovery premium funding, through its menu of approaches, already allows schools to fund extra-curricular activities like sport, music, drama, and art to address non-academic barriers to attendance.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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51. The Government made a commitment to a National Youth Guarantee in 2022 when the Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) announced that by 2025, every young person in England will have access to regular clubs and activities, adventures away from home, and volunteering opportunities, supported by a three year investment of over £500 million.
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