{"id":29913,"date":"2019-01-14T21:55:01","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T21:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/?p=29913"},"modified":"2023-05-30T23:59:17","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T22:59:17","slug":"scandalous-increase-in-school-exclusions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/2019\/01\/14\/scandalous-increase-in-school-exclusions\/","title":{"rendered":"Scandalous increase in school exclusions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Schools are in urgent need of greater understanding and alternative strategies, writes Dr Simon Gibbs. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"PoweredThis article titled “Scandalous increase in school exclusions” was written by Letters, for The Guardian on Monday 14th January 2019 17.48 UTC<\/a><\/p>\n

Last year I gave a paper based on my book Immoral Education: The Assault on Teachers\u2019 Identities, Autonomy and Efficacy to academics in the Netherlands. When I told them that part of my argument was the rate at which young people were being excluded from schools and gave them the figures, the response was that \u201cif that were happening here there would be national outrage\u201d. The UK figures are now even worse (School exclusion rates in London double the national average<\/a>, 12 January). The most recent figures from the DfE reveal that 7,720 young people were permanently excluded from schools in 2016-17. Of these, more than half were in year 9 or above. Children eligible for free school meals were more than four times more likely to be excluded than those not eligible, children with special educational needs more than six times more likely than those not, and there were disproportionate numbers from certain ethnic heritages among those excluded. Although schools are the agents of this phenomenon, the reasons for this scandal lie deeper in the nature of education and the pressures on schools to perform, and are in urgent need of greater understanding and alternative strategies.
Dr Simon Gibbs<\/strong>
Reader in educational psychology, Newcastle University<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2022 Thank you for raising the issue of school exclusion. I was the head of alternative provision at the Ashford school which Dr\u00e9 Clinton-Barnes attended. Ashford schools do not permanently exclude, and the school he attended had comprehensive alternative provision which meant no fixed-term exclusions (one-, two- or five-day). Sadly, due to funding issues, this provision has now been largely dismantled. I was made redundant and I am now back in mainstream teaching. Schools can do more for children like Dr\u00e9. There are inclusive models available that allow challenging and vulnerable students to stay within mainstream education. However, school leaders who might pursue this more moral and effective path are hampered by lack of funding and the need to meet government targets and Ofsted criteria.
Paul Moran<\/strong>
Hythe, Kent<\/em><\/p>\n

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