Extract from Westminster Hall debate on School Uniform Costs - Nov 5
Wednesday, 6 November 2019 08:48
Emma Hardy (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle) (Lab):...An
analysis of attendance data by the Association of School and
College Leaders shows a significant increase in the number of
unauthorised absences among pupils on 14 December. The date puzzled
the researchers until they realised that the date was traditionally
Christmas jumper day. Unauthorised absences among pupils regarded
as disadvantaged in the schools studied were nearly three times
higher than on a typical day. For...Request free trial
(Kingston upon Hull West and
Hessle) (Lab):...An analysis of attendance data by
the Association of School and College
Leaders shows a significant increase in the number of
unauthorised absences among pupils on 14 December. The date puzzled
the researchers until they realised that the date was traditionally
Christmas jumper day. Unauthorised absences among pupils regarded
as disadvantaged in the schools studied were nearly three times
higher than on a typical day. For those regarded as without
disadvantage, it was still nearly twice as high. At the risk of
sounding like the Grinch before Christmas, I encourage schools to
change Christmas jumper day to something more straightforward, such
as Christmas hat day. The school could provide all the materials
for the children, who could still dress up and enjoy Christmas, but
it would not put off children from poorer backgrounds from
attending school that day and learning, just because they cannot
afford the cost of a Christmas jumper...
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