Pupils: Absenteeism
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the timeline is for the increase in the number of attendance mentors for schools.
Answered by Stephen Morgan
On 11 October 2024, the department announced an additional £15 million to expand the attendance mentoring programme to at least 10,000 pupils across ten new areas.
Mentoring support is expected to begin in April 2025. More information can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/thousands-of-pupils-receive-support-to-boost-school-attendance--2.
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