This page brings together all the guides and downloadable resources you can find on the Hub. If you know which resource you are looking for, search below. Otherwise, go to the introduction to Practitioners and Professionals to get started with the School Exclusions Hub.
Resource types
- Quick-Guides
- Step-by-Step Guides
- Template Documents
- Suggested Wording downloads
- Key External Resources
1. Quick Guides
The School Exclusions Hub contains the following Quick-Guides:
- Elective Home Education
- Independent Review Panels
- Managed Moves
- Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
- Students and Information Rights
- The Governors' Duty to Reconsider
- The Governors' Panel Review
- The Headteacher's Power to Exclude
- The Headteacher's Power to Withdraw an Exclusion
2. Step-by-Step Guides
The School Exclusions Hub contains the following Step-by-Step Guides:
- After the Independent Review Panel
- Attending the Governing Body Hearing
- Attending the Independent Review Panel Hearing
- Education Records
- Finding an Alternative to Permanent Exclusion
- Preparing Written Arguments for the IRP
- Preparing Written Arguments for the School's Governors
- Requesting an Independent Review Panel
- Speaking to the Family
3. Template Documents
The School Exclusions Hub contains the following Template Documents:
- Form of Authority (Parent)
- Form of Authority (Young Person)
- Plan for Questions
- Statement from Third Party
- Submissions to the Governors
- Submissions to the Independent Review Panel
- Taking Information (Form)
- Talking Points
4. Suggested Wording Documents
The School Exclusion Hub contains the following Suggested Wording documents:
- Argument to the Governing Body; Exclusion Results from Exploitation
- Argument to the Governors; Young Person is the Victim of Exploitation
- Argument to the Governors; Exclusion was for a Non-Disciplinary Reason
- Argument to the Governors; Considerations Regarding Exclusions of BAME Individuals
- Argument to the Governors; Direct Discrimination
- Argument to the Governors; Exclusion Disproportionate
- Argument to the Governors; First Limb of the Test at Paragraph 16 Not Satisfied
- Argument to the Governors; Exclusion Extended or Converted
- Argument to the Governors; General Impact of School Exclusion
- Argument to the Governors; Indirect Discrimination
- Argument to the Governors; Letter Confirming the Exclusion Was Not Sent
- Argument to the Governors; the Headteacher did not give Reasons for the Exclusion
- Argument to the Governors; the Headteacher Failed to Undertake a Fair Investigation
- Argument to the Governors; the School Failed to Identify Relevant SEND
- Argument to the Governors; the School Failed to Implement Supportive Interventions
- Argument to the Governors; the School Failed to Seek Additional Support
- Argument to the Governors; Public Sector Equality Duty Not Met
- Argument to the Governors; Second Limb of the test at Paragraph 16 not Satisfied
- Argument to the Governors; Young Person has an EHCP or is a Looked After Child
- Argument to the IRP; Governors' Decision Disproportionate
- Argument to the IRP; Governors’ Decision Irrational because it Failed to include relevant information
- Argument to the IRP; Governors’ Decision Irrational because it Included Irrelevant Information
- Argument to the IRP; Governors' Decision Unlawful ( Exclusions Guidance Statutory guidance to schools, governors and local authorities on the law and process for excluding, and reviewing exclusions. The 2017 edition of the guidance is the current version. )
- Argument to the IRP; Governors' Decision Unlawful (Discrimination)
- Argument to the IRP; Governors' Decision Unlawful (Human Rights)
- Argument to the IRP, Governors' Decision Unlawful (Public Law)
- Argument to the IRP; Governors’ Decision Unreasonable because it was Irrational having Considered Relevant Information
- Argument to the IRP; Governors’ Panel Unfair (Arrangements)
- Argument to the IRP; Governors’ Panel Unfair (Insufficient Time to Speak)
- Argument to the IRP; Governors’ Panel Unfair (Not Impartial)
- Argument to the IRP; Governors’ Panel Unfair (Private Conversations)
- Asking a Third Party for Information
- Asking an Independent Professional to Support a Case at IRP
- Asking the IRP for the Minutes
- Asking the Governors to Delay a Review Hearing
- Asking the Governors for a Copy of the Minutes
- Asking the Headteacher to Withdraw the Exclusion because the Exclusion is Clearly Flawed
- Asking the Headteacher to Withdraw the Exclusion because there is New Evidence
- Asking the Headteacher to Withdraw the Exclusion in favour of Elective Home Education
- Asking the Family to Keep you Up to Date
- Chasing a late Freedom of Information Act Request
- Chasing a late Subject Access Request
- Contacting the Governors Clerk about Reconsideration Arrangements
- Contacting the Governors' Clerk to Confirm Arrangements for the Panel
- Contacting the IRP Clerk to Confirm Arrangements for the Panel
- Exclusion Constituted Direct Discrimination
- Exclusion for Non-Disciplinary Reasons
- Failure to Identify SEND
- Failure to Impliment Supportive Interventions
- Failure to Secure Support From Outside Services
- First Limb of the Test at Paragraph 11 is Not Satisfied
- FOI Request to Obtain Exclusion Numbers by Ethnic Background
- General Considerations on the Impact of Exclusion
- General Considerations When Excluding BAME Individuals
- Governors Decision Irrational Because Relevant Information Not Considered
- Governors Decision Unreasonable Because Irrational Having Considered Relevant Information
- Governors Decision was Disproportionate
- Governors Decision was Unlawful as it Constituted Discrimination
- Governors Decision was Unlawful Because the Tests in the Statutory Guidance Not Met
- Governors Panel did not Follow a Fair Procedure Because the Matter was Discussed Outside of Hearing
- Governors Panel Procedurally Unfair Because Governors Hostile
- Headteacher Failed to Consider EHCP or Looked After Child
- Information to the Family on Asking the Governors to Delay
- Informing the Family that the IRP has Required the School to Reconsider
- Interview Form
- JfKL Parent authority form
- Making a Freedom of Information Request
- Making an FOI Request for Exclusion Statistics by Ethnic Background
- Making a Subject Access Request
- Making First Contact with the Local Education Authority
- Plan for Questioning
- Procedure of Governors was Flawed Because Family Couldn't Present a Case
- Providing Information on Asking the Headteacher to Withdraw the Exclusion
- Providing Information to the Family After Unsuccessful Reconsideration
- Providing Information to the Family on Asking the Headteacher to Withdraw the Exclusion
- Providing Information to the Family on Requesting an IRP
- Providing Information to the Family on Making a Freedom of Information Request
- Providing Information to the Family on Making a Subject Access Request
- Providing Information to the Family on Elective Home Education
- Providing Information to the Family on Requesting a Managed Move
- Providing Information to the Family on Requesting an Independent Review Panel
- Providing Information to the Family on Requesting an SEN Special Educational Needs, a requirement a child has in school without which they will be disadvantaged when compared to their peers. Expert for the IRP
- Providing Information to the Family on Seeking a Delay to the Governors’ Hearing
- Raising Concern about the Quality or Content of a Freedom of Information Request
- Raising Concern about the Quality or Content of a Subject Access Request
- Requesting Amendments to the Governing Body Minutes
- Requesting that an Independent Professional Support the Case at IRP
- Requesting Minutes the of the School’s Governors
- Requesting the Minutes of the Independent Review Panel
- Requesting that the Clerk to the Governors make Amendments to the Minutes of the Hearing
- Requesting the Minutes Following the Governors’ Reconsideration
- Requesting Amendments to the Minutes of the Independent Review Panel
- Second Limb of the Test at Paragraph 11 Not Satisfied
- Submissions to the IRP
- Suggested Text Making a Subject Access Request
- Talking Points
- Template Witness Statement of Third Party
- The Exclusion was Disproportionate
- The Headteacher Converted or Extended the Exclusion
- The Headteacher did not send a Letter Confirming the Exclusion
- The Headteacher Failed to Undertake a Balanced Investigation
- Writing to the Family to Say that the IRP have Required Reconsideration
- Writing to the Governors Clerk about Arrangements for the Panel
- Writing to the Governors to Ask for the Minutes of the Reconsideration
- Writing to the IRP Clerk about Arrangements for the Panel
- Young Person has been the Victim of Indirect Discrimination
5. Key External Resources
- Exclusion from maintained schools A school that is funded by and under the control of the local authority A borough, county or city council that has responsibility for providing education to children in their area. . , academies and pupil referral units in England (2017)
- Special educational needs and disability code of practice: 0 to 25 years