Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 12494

Pupil Referral Units

Tabled: 4 November 2024

Answered: 11 November 2024

Named Day

Question

Kim Johnson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2024 to Question 9795 on Pupil Referral Units, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of recording the number of children registered at Pupil Referral Units

Answer

Catherine McKinnell

All decisions to exclude a pupil must be lawful, reasonable and fair. Permanent exclusion should only be used as a last resort.There are legal duties on schools and local authorities to provide suitable full-time education from the sixth day of a suspensi...

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