Exclusion and our responsibilities
Education during exclusion
If your child is excluded for a fixed period the school is responsible for his or her education during that time.
If your child is permanently excluded, it is the local authority’s responsibility to make sure your child’s education continues from day six of the exclusion. We are the local authority.Your child’s education, from days one to five, is the responsibility of the school.
Exclusion: challenging the school governors’ decision
If you ask the governing body to review the head teacher’s decision, but you think the result is wrong, you can challenge the governors’ decision in some circumstances.
Fixed-period exclusions
If the school governors decide that a head teacher was right to exclude your child for a fixed period, you cannot challenge that decision.
Permanent exclusions
If your child is permanently excluded and the governing body agrees with that exclusion, you can ask an independent panel to look at the case again. To do this, you must apply to us (or to the academy trust if your child goes to an academy). You must apply within 15 school days of the governing body's meeting.
The panel will either:
- Agree with the exclusion of your child
- Tell the governing body to think again about its decision
- Overturn the decision and tell the governing body to think again about the exclusion.
