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Commissioner mention: Schools 'illegally excluding pupils' (BBC News Online)
Some schools in England are illegally excluding pupils, sometimes permanently, without going through the full formal process, a report says.
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Bring down school exclusions, children's commissioner warns (Channel 4 News)
Dr Maggie Atkinson said that pupils should only be excluded for safety reasons or to prevent disruption to learning.
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Commissioner mention: 'Wrong haircut' pupils 'should not be excluded' (ITN)
Schools should not exclude pupils for "minor infringements", according to a new report published by the Children's Commissioner for England.
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Commissioner mention: Schools break law to exclude difficult pupils (The Independent)
Pupils are being excluded illegally by head teachers who are flouting the rules to boost their schools' rankings, according to a major study by the Children's Commissioner.
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Commissioner mention: Leading article: Schools are for all pupils– not just the good ones (The Independent)
One of the unfortunate by-products of the system of subjecting schools to relentless external monitoring is an obsession with academic results to the exclusion of almost all else. Some schools end up subordinating almost everything to the goals of passing Ofsted examinations and to bettering their positions in league tables. Most schools do so in an honest, transparent manner but it is not surprising, although it is worrying, to learn that some less scrupulous head teachers abuse strict exclusion procedures to weed out those they consider undesirable.
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Commissioner mention: Report: Stop 'Wrong Haircut' Pupil Exclusions (Sky News)
Schools should never exclude pupils for "minor infringements" such as breaching school uniform codes, a Children's Commissioner for England report has warned.
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Commissioner mention: Schools illegally excluding troublemakers (Evening Standard)
Headteachers are illegally excluding difficult pupils to boost school rankings, the Children's Commissioner has said.
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Commissioner mention: Excluded pupils: condemned to fail (ITN)
The Children's Commissioner Dr Maggie Atkinson believes there are illegal exclusions where children are sent out of school but nothing is recorded about their absence.
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Commissioner mention: Schools 'illegally' excluding pupils: report (AFP)
London - More must be done to stop schools in England illegally excluding pupils, a report said Monday, calling for government research to uncover the extent of the problem.
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Commissioner mention: Report details 'illegal' school exclusions (BBC News Online - Today)
The Children's Commissioner for England has said that some schools in England are excluding pupils illegally without going through the formal process.
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Commissioner mention: Schools fall foul of the law on school exclusion (Children & Young People Now)
Some schools are failing to observe the law when excluding children, with head teachers in some cases "coercing" students into moving schools, an inquiry by the children's commissioner has found.
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Commissioner mention: Pupils should not be excluded from school for ‘minor infringements’ (Metro)
Teachers should exclude pupils only for safety reasons or to prevent disruption to learning, according to a report by the children's commissioner for England.
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Commissioner mention: Leave pupils weird hair alone says children's tsar (Daily Express)
School children should be allowed to get away with wearing bizarre haircuts in class, says the Government's children's tsar.
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Commissioner mention: Headteachers admit illegally excluding pupils (The Guardian)
Headteachers have admitted illegally excluding pupils from school, including one "extreme" case in which children in their final GCSE year were sent home at Christmas and told not to return until their exams.
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Commissioner mention: Extreme haircuts should never be grounds to exclude a child from school, says children's champion (Daily Mail)
Head teachers should be barred from punishing pupils for outlandish haircuts, the Children's Commissioner has claimed.
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Schools Should Stop Excluding Pupils For Wearing Make-Up, Children's Commissioner Says (PA/ Huffington Post UK)
Students should no longer be excluded for "minor infringements" such as wearing jewellery or incorrect school uniform, according to a report by the Children's Commissioner for England.
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Children's Commissioner warns over school exclusions (Daily Telegraph)
Pupils should no longer be expelled or suspended for "minor infringements" because it can damage their education and push them into a life of crime, said Maggie Atkinson.
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Commissioner mention: Warning to schools over exclusions (Wales Online)
Schools have been warned that it is "never appropriate" to exclude pupils for "minor infringements" such as breaching school uniform codes or wearing jewellery in a report published by the Children's Commissioner for England.
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Commissioner mention: Students Expelled from Schools on Flimsy Grounds (International Business Times)
Hundreds of children get expelled from state-funded schools for the flimsiest of reasons. These include shabby dressing, not wearing proper uniform and weird hairstyle or nail colour.
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Commissioner mention: Report reveals illegal school expulsions (Law on the web)
A report by the children's commissioner has found that pupils have been illegally excluded from schools.
