This is one question that children’s commissioner Anne Longfield hopes the government’s review of school exclusion will tackle.
The review was announced last week by the Department for Education (DfE). It is to be led by Edward Timpson and will report to education secretary Damian Hinds and prime minister Theresa May. A call for evidence has been published.
In 2015/16, 0.08 per cent of children were permanently excluded from state-funded schools in England. This amounts to 6,685 pupils – around 35 a day according to official DfE figures. This is up from 5,795 in 2014/15.
Meanwhile, there were 339,360 temporary exclusions in 2015/16 – around 1,790 a day. This is up from 302,975 in 2014/15.
However, the figures show that the exclusion rates for some children remain much higher and this is to be one focus of the review.
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