Consultation outcome

School exclusion guidance: proposed revisions

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 14 March 2017
• Last updated: 19 July 2017 — See all updates

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Exclusions from maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units in England

Ref: DFE-00183-2017

PDF, 345 KB, 24 pages

Detail of outcome

Summary of the responses we received, along with the government’s response outlining the next steps.

Read the school exclusion statutory guidance.

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Original consultation

Summary

We're seeking views on planned changes to statutory guidance for local-authority-maintained-schools, academies and pupil referral units.

This consultation was held on another website.

This consultation ran from
2pm on 14 March 2017 to 11:45pm on 25 April 2017

Consultation description

Proposed revisions to the statutory guidance on the exclusion of pupils to make the rules that apply to exclusions and the process of review clearer.

The guidance is for:

• headteachers
• governing bodies
• independent review panels
• academy trusts
• local authorities

The revisions include both statutory and non-statutory information.

Statutory guidance sets out what schools and local authorities must do to comply with the law. You should follow the guidance unless you have a very good reason not to.

Published 14 March 2017
Last updated 19 July 2017 + show all updates

1. 19 July 2017

   Added a summary of responses and the government response.

2. 14 March 2017

   First published.