Appeals panels will no longer be able to force headteachers to take back excluded pupils, as long as the decision is “legal, reasonable and fair".
From September, new rules for maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units mean that schools can be directed to “revisit" their decision, but cannot be forced to take a child back.
The new review panels can tell a school to look again if they believe an exclusion has not been “legal, reasonable and fair". In this scenario, if a school still stands by its exclusion then it will have to pay £4,000 towards the cost of alternative provision for the excluded pupil. The new system will also see an advisory role for SEN experts who will guide the independent review panels.
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