Exclusions fall - what crisis in behaviour?

29 Jul 2010

Despite the sense of crisis in school discipline created by the Conservative Party's election campaign - and reinforced by the recent announcements on disciplinary powers -  it appears that the number of permanent exclusions from schools is falling fast.

The latest official statistics show  a 19.4% fall in the number of permanent exclusions across all types of schools in England. 

The Schools Minister, Nick Gibb, said that 'despite the fall in exclusions, poor behaviour remains a significant problem'.

But experts say the fall is evidence of the success of behaviour partnerships and 'managed moves', whereby pupils at risk of exclusion are moved - by agreement - to neighbouring schools, giving pupikls a 'fresh start'.

They fear that the growth of the new academies  will mitigate against this cooperation over behaviour as academies are not required to be part of behaviour partnerships.

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