Anthony McCaul Articles

Attendance and behaviour in school are key issues for teachers and government. Charlie Taylor, the government’s ‘behaviour tsar’, is calling for child benefit to be docked from parents whose children are persistent truants and the Labour frontbench agrees that fines...

The government’s latest report from the Troubled Families Unit – a series of 16 interviews with families that are troubled – has further lifted the lid on the problems families face. The Troubled Families programme is an extension of policies implemented under the...

Ofsted’s new chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw has ruffled a few feathers already this week with outspoken comments on teaching standards and the role of schools in supporting children outside the classroom. We’ll have to see whether or not he lives up to the 'Dirty...