Being Excluded

If your school thinks that you are not behaving well, you may be excluded. However, you should be warned and disciplined before this happens. Schools have rules about acceptable behaviour and you should be told what they are.

You should always have a chance to explain yourself before you are excluded. Your designated teacher will listen to you, to find out what the problems are, and can help sort things out so you don’t need to be excluded.

If you feel you have been wrongly excluded, your carers and social workers can appeal against it. Your local council should make sure that your carers have the support they need to appeal on your behalf. The advisory teacher for your area will also support you if you are excluded or facing exclusion.

There are two types of exclusion– fixed term (for a set number of days) and permanent.  Only the Head teacher (or the Deputy Head if the Head teacher is absent) can exclude pupils.

If for any reason you are excluded you will be given work to do while you are out of school, so that you don’t fall behind. You should be given the same amount of work as if you were in school.

You should not be excluded for not attending school or for being pregnant.

If you think you might be excluded you should contact your Connexions Personal Adviser.