A back-to-school call to parents to make sure their children get to class and behave there will today be issued by Ministers.
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson will mark the start of the new school term by urging ‘mums, dads and carers’ to play their part in getting their sons and daughters ready to learn in the classroom.
She will unveil special help for 800 schools in the areas worst hit by pupils misbehaving.
The action comes as the Department for Education (DfE) realised new figures showing seven out of 30 classroom minutes are lost to kids ‘kicking off’ at school.
And new data for the 2023/24 academic year showed nearly four out of five teachers felt that pupils’ poor behaviour had a negative impact on their health and well-being.
