Pupil exclusions, attendance and overall performance are just some of the challenges facing Liverpool’s schools.
A report to go before a Liverpool Council committee has laid bare the stark reality facing the city’s education sector as it emerges from Covid-19.
According to data provided by Jonathan Jones, the local authority’s director of education and skills, more than a third of Liverpool’s 29 secondary schools currently fall below the Ofsted rating of good or better at just 60%.