Academies: Pupil Exclusions
Commons · Question 26821 · Tabled 2 Sep 2026 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 9 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Joshua Reynolds
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what powers she has under academy funding agreements to intervene where a trust does not convene a governing board meeting to consider reinstatement of excluded students within 15 school days.
Answer
Answered by Paul Waugh, 9 Sep 2026
Academy trusts must have regard to the statutory Suspension and Permanent Exclusion guidance. The guidance is clear that, where a pupil is permanently excluded, and where a suspension would take the pupil’s total number of suspended school days above 15 i...