ABSTRACT
The appeal panel’s task is to determine whether the permanently excluded pupil should be reinstated at the school. As we have seen, in doing so the panel is required to have regard to the guidance issued by the Secretary of State (currently DFEE 1999a). The panel’s task is in two stages. These were previously indicated in the Code of Practice (Association of County Councils 1994) and are now outlined in the DFEE’s revised guidance (DFEE 1999b: Annex D, para. 35). All references to the guidance in this chapter are, unless stated otherwise, to this revised guidance (see the Appendix to the book).
