Labour will legislate for national register of children not in school
A Labour government will introduce a national register of children who are not in school in a bid to tackle high rates of persistent absence, the shadow education secretary will say.
Bridget Phillipson will set out the party’s proposals to keep track of the children not in classrooms and bring down persistent non-attendance.
In a speech to the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) in London on Tuesday, Ms Phillipson will announce Labour’s plans to legislate for a new register of children in home education.
She will say artificial intelligence (AI) will also be used by Labour to spot absence trends to improve coordination between education, social
