ABSTRACT
Our study reveals a complex picture of the ways in which girls can be excluded from school. Although girls are less likely to experience permanent disciplinary exclusion than their male peers, they remain subject to other forms of exclusion, including informal and selfexclusion. These types of exclusion leave girls particularly vulnerable to longer-term social exclusion as they often fail to trigger the support that individuals need. Given that young women remain disadvantaged in the labour market, this is a particularly blatant injustice.
