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We don’t use suspensions too much, say most school staff

Staff views appear at odds with government as it looks to keep more suspended pupils in school

‘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 has taken her from Uganda to leadership of the Archway Learning Trust Labour’s surprise assault on academy freedoms has caused consternation across the sector. But for the Archway Learning Trust, it has already had a more […]

Suspensions up 40% as exclusions rise by a quarter

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

GCSEs: Suspended pupils 12 months behind peers, research finds

Think tank’s research puts ‘a number on the suspension grades gap for the first time’

Exclusion rate back to pre-pandemic norm as suspensions soar

Exclusion figures for the autumn term last year have been published today

School suspensions up 13%, but exclusions continue to fall

Government data shows breach of pandemic measures was cited in nearly 13,000 suspensions

‘Expulsions’ expelled: Critics persuade DfE to U-turn on exclusions lingo

The Department for Education is ditching its use of the “dated” word “expulsions” to describe permanent exclusions, after concerns were raised that it harked back to the era of corporal punishment. However, the government will continue to refer to fixed-term exclusions as “suspensions”, despite worries that the word “trivialises” the action. Ministers switched to using […]

Exclusions: Ofsted will look more closely at ‘repeat’ patterns of suspension

Ofsted will look more closely at whether schools are “repeatedly” suspending or isolating the same pupils, under its new inspection framework. A school found to be using suspensions or fixed-term exclusions “inappropriately” would only then be able to achieve a “requires improvement” grade at most. But some teachers say schools need to be able to […]