- Excluding a pupil: procedures and guidance
Be clear on the procedures for excluding a pupil, when you can lawfully do so, and who you must inform.
- Improving behaviour: 'managed moves' and directing pupils off site
You can temporarily direct pupils with challenging behaviour off site. Alternatively, you can carry out a 'managed move' if the situation calls for a permanent change. Find out more about what both options involve and how you're expected to manage them.
- Independent review panel hearings: procedures
Parents/carers have the right to request a review of your governing board's decision not to reinstate a pupil after exclusion. This is done by an independent review panel (IRP), convened by the local authority (LA) or academy trust. Get an overview of how the hearing will run and what the outcomes might be.
- Off-rolling: how to identify and prevent it
Ofsted will look for evidence of 'off-rolling'. Find out what it is, how you can guard against it and what to do if you think it has happened.
- Reintegrating a pupil after a suspension: guidance
Read about creating an integration strategy to help support pupils on a fresh start following suspension. Find out what to cover in a reintegration meeting, and download our template strategy plan to get your staff, pupils and parents/carers on the same page.
- Suspending a pupil: procedures and guidance
Be clear on the procedures for suspending a pupil, when you can lawfully do so, and who you must inform.
- Suspending or excluding a pupil with SEND: requirements and guidance
Understand the steps you need to take before suspending or excluding a pupil with SEND, especially if they have an education, health and care (EHC) plan, and learn about how your statutory duties may affect your decision.
- Suspension or permanent exclusion hearings: procedures
Certain exclusions require a panel to consider the headteacher's decision. Get an overview of the requirements and what role you play in the process, and download our template report to the board to help you present your case.
- Suspensions and exclusions guidance: changes from September 2023
Updated guidance on suspensions and exclusions will come into effect on 1 September 2023, for new cases arising from that point onwards. Here we help you sort through what's changed and what hasn't so you can start the new year with confidence.
- Suspensions and exclusions: notifying parents, governors and others
Following a permanent exclusion or suspension (fixed-term exclusion), understand who you need to tell and when. Download our template letters to get the necessary information to parents and carers ASAP.
