Challenges to School Exclusion

Permanent exclusion is the most severe sanction a school can impose on a child and the number of permanently excluded children is rising. Based on systematic observation of exclusion appeal panel hearings.Challenges to School Exclusion offers a unique insight into the appeal process. It focuses on:

*mechanisms by which parents and children can challenge permanent exclusion *the law and current practice *the social context of exclusion *reforms of the appeal system made by the School Standards and Framework Act *the DfEEs latest guidance on pupil inclusion.

Challenges to School Exclusion is the first study to examine permanent exclusion. The findings reveal serious deficiencies in the appeal system, including a frequent failure to deal fairly with excluded children. The text will be of particular interest to head teachers, local education authorities, school governors, education lawyers and education charities.

Author Biography

Neville Harris is Professor of Law at the School of Law and Applied Social Studies at Liverpool John Moores University. He has written extensively on education law and is the senior editor of the Education Law Reports. Karen Eden is a research officer at the Trust for the Study of Adolescence based in Brighton. She has also worked as a research fellow in the School of Law and Applied Social Studies at Liverpool John Moores University. Ann Blair is a lecturer in law at the University of Leeds. She has worked in local government and has served as a school governor.