Pupil Referral Units
Commons · Question 12494 · Tabled 4 Nov 2024 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by 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
Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 11 Nov 2024
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...