Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions Training for Academies and Maintained Schools

Join Partner Miriam Carrion Benitez and Catherine Harris who will deliver essential training designed to ensure that everyone involved in the statutory exclusions process for academies and maintained schools is fully confident with the relevant legal framework and best practice which applies to school exclusions. 

Suspensions and permanent exclusions can lead to legal challenges, regulatory risk and negative outcomes for pupils. It is therefore essential that those involved in school exclusions are up to date on the relevant law, guidance and best practice, to ensure that suspensions and permanent exclusions are imposed lawfully and that those reviewing the decision of a Headteacher or Principal to exclude do so with a rigorous level of scrutiny. 

To assist those involved, in this training session our expert speakers will cover: 

• Relevant law and guidance
• Key considerations for Headteachers/Principals
• Best practice investigations
• Alternatives to exclusions
• Equality considerations
• The roles and duties of the Governors
• Governors' Discipline Meetings
• Independent Review Panel Hearings and the Governors' reconsideration
• Arranging education for excluded pupils
  Case studies

Who should attend this session? 

The session is ideal for Headteachers and Principals, Governors and Trustees, Clerks and Governance Professionals and anyone else involved in the statutory exclusions process to ensure that they understand their roles and responsibilities in relation to school exclusions.