This updated review seeks to build on the Evidence Summary published by the Centre for
Research in Educational Underachievement (CREU) in January 2020. In the year since the …

Addressing educational underachievement is a significant and complex challenge (CREU,
2018). This paper aims to provide an overview of current knowledge related to educational …

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1.1 Aims of the paper One of the challenges that faces educational policy makers in
Northern Ireland is how to tackle the underachievement of disadvantaged pupils2. There is a …

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to school closures across the UK and many countries
across the world, with the majority of pupils in these systems out of school, though supported …

It might also be interesting to see what the figures look like if a less idealistic rate of
attendance (say 85%) were used as the benchmark. The reason given for the concern about …

Absence from school, especially frequent or prolonged absence, is acknowledged as a
potential factor in school dropout and suboptimal academic achievement. The issue of …

The issue of underachievement is complex. While it is a topic that is continuously discussed
and highlighted through government policy, national data sets and media headlines, its …

Pupils across England have now returned to school on a full-time basis for nearly a whole
term. Getting as many pupils back to school full-time is crucial to allow them to catch-up with …

Underachievement in school is one of the most widely used terms in education today. As a
discourse it has been responsible for influencing government policy, staffroom discussions …