This guide is for advocates supporting families with school exclusion appeals. It provides guidance on speaking with the family and obtaining authorisation to act on their behalf.

This guide sets out alternatives to school exclusion and provides resources to support requests for the headteacher to cancel the exclusion, arrange a managed move, or issue an off-site direction.

This guide explains how to obtain information from the school and other services that can be used as evidence to support a school exclusion appeal.

This guide helps you prepare a clear, concise, and persuasive set of written arguments for the governing board hearing.

This guide covers the governing board hearing, from arriving at the venue to ensuring a fair procedure and presenting your arguments.

This step‑by‑step guide covers how to request the minutes from the governing board hearing, decide whether to seek an independent review panel, and, if so, how to make that request.

This guide helps you prepare a clear, concise, and persuasive set of written arguments for the Independent Review Panel hearing.

This guide covers the Independent Review Panel hearing, from arriving at the venue, to ensuring a fair procedure and presenting your arguments.

This guide explains how to engage with the governing board if the Independent Review Panel recommends or directs reconsideration of the exclusion.