Department For Education
July 13
14:45
2022
Details
Suspension and permanent exclusion from maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units in England, including pupil movement - guidance 2022 is for information only and does not come into force until 1 September 2022.
Schools and colleges must continue to use Exclusion from maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units in England 2017 until then.
This guidance details the legal responsibilities for those who suspend (fixed period exclusion) and permanently exclude pupils from educational settings, including:
- headteachers
- local authorities
- governing bodies
- academy trusts
- independent review panel members
- independent review panel clerks
- special educational needs experts
It governs the exclusion of pupils from:
- local-authority-maintained schools
- academies and free schools
- pupil referral units
Statutory guidance sets out what schools and local authorities must do to comply with the law.
Further guidance and resources
- Behaviour in Schools
- Governance handbook and competency framework
- Alternative provision - Statutory guidance for local authorities, headteachers and governing bodies of settings providing alternative provision
- Education for children with health needs who cannot attend schoo
- Mental health and behaviour in schools
- Children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)
- Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) code of practice: 0 to 25 years
- Working together to improve school attendance
- Keeping children safe in education
- Children missing education
- Working together to safeguard children
- Promoting the health and wellbeing of looked-after children
- Adverse childhood experiences training and resources (funded by the Home Office)
- Designated teacher for looked-after and previously looked-after children