East Sussex Parent Link Service

Exclusions

Exclusion means excluding a child from a maintained school on disciplinary grounds. Only the head teacher has the power to exclude a pupil from school.

There are two types of exclusion: fixed term or permanent.

More information:

If you need more information about exclusions you can download guidance from the East Sussex County Council web site.
www.eastsussex.gov.uk/educationandlearning/
schools/attendanceandbehaviour/exclusion/default.htm

The Advisory Centre for Education can give detailed advice on exclusions.
www.ace-ed.org.uk

Information sheets:

The following information sheets are available for you to download in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.

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