1st Edition
Challenges to School Exclusion Exclusion, Appeals and the Law
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
1.Introduction 2.Education and Redress of Grievance 3.Disciplines in Schools: Social Theory and Law 4.Exclusion in Practice: The Social Context to School Exclusion 5.School Exclusion: The Legal Framework 6.The Governing Body's (Discipline Committee's) Reinstatement Meeting 7.The Exclusion Appeal Panels 8.Bringing Appeals: Access to the Arrangements 9.Exclusion Appeal Hearings 10.Conclusion
Biography
Neville Harris is Professor of Law at the School of Law and Applied Social Studies at Liverpool John Moores University. He has written extensively on education law and is the senior editor of the Education Law Reports. Karen Eden is a research officer at the Trust for the Study of Adolescence based in Brighton. She has also worked as a research fellow in the School of Law and Applied Social Studies at Liverpool John Moores University. Ann Blair is a lecturer in law at the University of Leeds. She has worked in local government and has served as a school governor.
'This book deserves recognition as the standard (academic and law-based)text on school exclusion.' - Bob Morris, Education Law Association Bulleting
'... Excellent book' - Times Educational Supplement
