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- Privacy Notice
- Professionals
- After the exclusion is upheld
- After the headteacher’s decision to exclude
- Finding an alternative to a permanent exclusion
- Getting the right information
- Quick Guide: Rights to information
- Step-by-Step Guide: Education records
- Chase a late request for information
- Check if there is an outstanding request
- Check that the information received is clear and complete
- Identify places to request information
- Identify the relevant requests
- Make requests for information
- Making a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office
- Obtain forms of authority
- Raise concerns over an unsatisfactory response to a SAR or FOI
- Step-by-Step Guide: Speaking with the family
- Challenging the exclusion at the governing board hearing
- Attending the governors’ panel hearing
- Before the meeting – preparing a case for the governors
- Quick Guide: Child criminal exploitation
- Quick Guide: Special educational needs and disabilities
- Quick Guide: The headteacher’s power to exclude
- Step-by-Step Guide: Preparing written arguments for the governing board hearing
- Are the reason/s for the exclusion “serious” or “persistent”?
- Did the exclusion result from direct discrimination?
- Did the exclusion result from indirect discrimination?
- Did the family receive a letter confirming the exclusion?
- Did the headteacher give reason/s for the exclusion?
- Did the school implement effective support to address the young person’s SEND?
- Did the school seek support from external services?
- Did the school take steps to identify the young person’s SEND?
- Does the young person have an Education, Health and Care Plan or are they a looked after child/previously looked after child?
- Does the young person have special educational needs and disabilities?
- End of this guide
- Exclusions of black and minority ethnic young people
- Has the headteacher undertaken a fair investigation of the facts?
- Has the school failed in their public sector equality duty?
- Impact of the exclusion
- Is the young person from an ethnic background who are statistically vulnerable to exclusion?
- Was the exclusion extended or converted?
- Was the exclusion for a non-disciplinary reason?
- Was the exclusion proportionate?
- Would the young person’s return to the school cause serious harm to members of the school community?
- Challenging the exclusion at the independent review panel
- After the IRP – the reconsideration and further steps
- Attending the IRP – advocacy and supporting the family
- Deciding whether to appeal and making a request for IRP
- Step-by-Step Guide: Preparing written arguments for the independent review panel
- End of Step-by-Step Guide
- Was the decision to uphold the exclusion in breach of young person’s human rights?
- Was the decision to uphold the exclusion proportionate?
- Was the decision to uphold the exclusion unlawful?
- Was the decision unreasonable because it took account of irrelevant information?
- Was the decision unreasonable because the governing board failed to include relevant information?
- Was the decision unreasonable because, having considered the relevant information, the conclusion was irrational?
- Was the governing board hearing procedurally improper?
- Was the governing board’s decision “unreasonable”?
- Was the governing board’s decision procedurally flawed because the governing board were hostile?
- Was the governing board’s decision unlawful because it breached the principles of administrative law?
- Was the governing board’s decision unlawful because the exclusion was discriminatory
- Was the governing board’s decision unlawful because the tests in the exclusions guidance were not met?
- Was the hearing procedurally unfair because it was not long enough to cover all of the issues?
- Was the hearing procedurally unfair because of its timing?
- Was the hearing procedurally unfair because the school and the governing board had private conversations about the exclusion?
- Step-by-Step Guide: Requesting an independent review panel
- Step-by-Step Guide: Preparing written arguments for the independent review panel
- Glossary
- Resource Library
- The law on school exclusions
- Referrals to the School Exclusion Clinic
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