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Challenges to School Exclusion: Exclusion, Appeals and the Law
Contributor(s): Blair, And Ann (Author), Eden, Karen (Author), Harris, Neville (Author)
ISBN: 0415230810     ISBN-13: 9780415230810
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $75.95  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 2000
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Annotation: This is the first study to examine in detail the legal processes involved in challenging permanaent exlusion from school in the UK. The findings reveal serious deficiencies in the appeal system, including a failure to deal fairly with excluded children.
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BISAC Categories:
- Education | Research
- Education | Student Life & Student Affairs
- Law | Educational Law & Legislation
Dewey: 344.420
LCCN: 99056938
Lexile Measure: 1540
Physical Information: 0.54" H x 6.3" W x 9.28" (0.96 lbs) 224 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
Permanent exclusion is the most severe sanction a school can impose on a child and the number of permanently excluded children is rising. Based on systematic observation of exclusion appeal panel hearings.Challenges to School Exclusion offers a unique insight into the appeal process. It focuses on:

*mechanisms by which parents and children can challenge permanent exclusion
*the law and current practice
*the social context of exclusion
*reforms of the appeal system made by the School Standards and Framework Act
*the DfEEs latest guidance on pupil inclusion.

Challenges to School Exclusion is the first study to examine permanent exclusion. The findings reveal serious deficiencies in the appeal system, including a frequent failure to deal fairly with excluded children. The text will be of particular interest to head teachers, local education authorities, school governors, education lawyers and education charities.