Exclusions

‘Undue focus’ on pupils’ race risks ‘over-complicating’ exclusions, says judge

School 'vindicated' after ruling it acted lawfully when it excluded a boy of black Caribbean heritage

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Academies

‘Carrying the responsibility of a trust is a 24-hour-a-day role’

Diversity, deprivation and tackling parents’ abuse of home education – Sian Hampton tells Jack Dyson about a life that...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Exclusions

Investigation: How councils routinely breach exclusion duty

Councils have six days to find excluded pupils a suitable full-time education. But some youngsters are waiting two years...

Rhi Storer
Rhi Storer
Exclusions

£21k fine for exclusions ‘won’t happen’, says council official

Devon had planned to introduce an exclusions levy under a push for inclusion

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Exclusions

‘Financial blackmail’: Council to charge schools £21k ‘exclusion levy’

Devon says rising exclusions are no longer affordable, but planned 'exclusion levy' could raise £5.1 million

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Exclusions

What’s behind a record rise in suspensions, and how do we solve it?

Which schools are excluding the most pupils, and why? What can we learn from leaders who have got suspensions...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Exclusions

Suspensions up 40% as exclusions rise by a quarter

Union leader says figures show 'whole system teetering on the brink of collapse'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Attendance

New council seeks solutions to ‘lost learning’ from absence and exclusions

Research finds 32 million days were lost to unauthorised absence and exclusions in 2022-23

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Exclusions

Exclusions higher than pre-Covid as suspensions rise again

New education minister slams 'shocking' figures as suspensions rates remain are record high

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker