Excluded pupils

A small number of children are excluded from school at some time during their education.

What is an exclusion?

This is a disciplinary measure that the head teacher of a school uses to deal with incidents of serious misbehaviour.

What types of exclusion are there?
There are two types of exclusion:

• Fixed-term exclusion - this is for a specified number of days (maximum 45 days in any one school year). You will be given a date for return and the pupil cannot go back to school until that date. For exclusions over 15 days, the Local Education Authority (LEA) must plan with the school to provide full-time education during the exclusion
• Permanent exclusion - the school has come to the view that the pupil should not continue at the school.
   

Most exclusions are for a fixed-term. However, occasionally a fixed-term exclusion may lead to a permanent exclusion.

If this happens to your child, help and guidance is available so please contact the Education Welfare Service.

The exclusions team work closely with schools and parents to identify children who may be in danger of exclusion, and try to prevent this happening.

In the event of a child being excluded, the exclusion team offers advice and support to parents, helping them through the rights of appeal and looking for school vacancies. The team will work with schools to find new places for excluded pupils and help to make the return to school as easy as possible. The team will also work in co-ordination with the Brent Education Support Service to arrange home tuition for excluded pupils.