Monday 21 March - Top stories include:

• On the 17th of March, the government published its response to the Sewell Report.
• The Local Child Safeguarding Practice Review found that safeguards were bypassed and race was likely to have been an influencing factor in the strip-search of a young Black girl.
• The EEF is looking for schools with promising initiatives to increase attendance for a new grant-funded study.
• Year 1 pupils have fallen furthest behind in reading as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

This week’s deep dive:

• International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

We’ll also tell you what’s happening at HEP this week and what we’ve been watching, listening to, and reading!