Overview

• Initial hubs will support about 800 schools educating roughly 600,000 pupils, with a programme aim to reach 5,000 schools and provide intensive help to 500.
• The DfE appointed behaviour adviser Tom Bennett and former pupil referral unit head Jayne Lowe as ambassadors to spread proven practice.
• Department figures say seven of every 30 classroom minutes are lost to disruption, underscoring the drive for calmer classrooms.
• Latest data show persistent absence fell from 1.41 million to 1.28 million year on year, while severe absence rose from 142,000 to 148,000.
• Teaching unions welcomed parental engagement but warned underfunding hampers support, while Phillipson highlighted higher suspension rates for white working-class children.