Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 12495

Pupil Referral Units

Tabled: 4 November 2024
Answered: 11 November 2024
Named Day

Question

Kim Johnson

LabourLiverpool Riverside

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2024 to Question 9795 on Pupil Referral Units, if her Department will undertake a manual audit of all children registered at Pupil Referral Units since 1 November 2023 to se

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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