Written questions

Special Educational Needs: Pupil Exclusions

Commons · Question 25458 · Tabled 21 Jan 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 28 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Charlotte Cane

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the number of (a) suspensions and (b) exclusions of pupils with SEND.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Morgan, 28 Jan 2025

Schools can use sanctions as a measure to improve behaviour and, in the most serious cases, exclusion may be necessary to protect other pupils and staff from disruption and restore a safe, calm learning environment. The government supports headteachers in...