Exclusions and what to do

Exclusion is a serious step for a Head Teacher to take and can be very worrying for both child and parents.

Your child should only be excluded if:

• they have seriously broken the school’s Discipline Policy
• if it would seriously harm their education or welfare or that of others if they were to remain at school.

Your child should not be excluded for:

• small things such as failing to do homework or not bringing dinner money
• not doing well with school work; lateness or truancy
• becoming pregnant
• parent’s behaviour

Talk to your child’s school

Make sure that you understand exactly why your child has been excluded: talk to your child’s teacher, a governor, or the head again if you need to.

Contact Norfolk Parent Partnership

We will try to give you all the information that you need and will be glad to:

• listen to your worries
• explain things to you that are not clear
• give you detailed information about the role of the Head Teacher and the Local Authority in the exclusion process
• advise you about what to do next.

Have you looked at our website?

Our website has lots of useful information that can help you find out what support is available for your child at school.

Booklets

All our booklets are available to download or you can contact us and we will send you a copy.

Support Groups

There is also a list of support groups and a useful contacts booklet.

Jargon Buster

Our Jargon Buster is great for explaining those abbreviations such as:

• IEPs
• PSA
• LSA/TA
• SENCo
• PRU
• IPS

and explains what school action and school action plus is.

Have a look through this website and tell us how useful you found it on the feedback form.