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Guidance on the suspension and permanent exclusion of pupils from local-authority-maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units.
How school staff can develop a behaviour policy.
Further guidance and resources Creating a culture: a review of behaviour…
Guidance explaining the powers schools have to screen and search pupils, and to confiscate items they find.
Guidance about the use of physical restraint in schools for governing bodies, headteachers and school staff.
A guide to help parents and carers understand the suspension and permanent exclusion system in schools in England.
Guidance for school governing bodies on their role in creating their school's behaviour policy.
How schools can prohibit the use of mobile phones throughout the school day.
Guidance for school leaders and staff on managing drugs, drug-related incidents within schools and pastoral support for pupils.
How the Department for Education (DfE) publishes permanent and fixed-period exclusions statistics for schools in England.
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