ABSTRACT
The sanction of exclusion has been subject to much attention across varied arenas. Fixed-period exclusions may also exclude children and young people for a period of the day, such as for lunchtimes, over a particular period of time. The Department for Education (DfE) provides statutory guidance for schools in which the phrase ‘barred from school’ is utilised to describe exclusion. Underlying the attention accorded to exclusion are some statistics from the DfE, which present a stark picture in which the most vulnerable pupils comprise the largest proportion of children and young people who have been excluded from school. The chapter also shows two examples of this: the comparison of pupils with and without special educational needs (SEN) and the high proportion of pupils with social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs who are excluded.
