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A guide to help parents and carers understand the suspension and permanent exclusion system in schools in England.
Guidance on the suspension and permanent exclusion of pupils from local-authority-maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units.
Immigration staff guidance on decisions and orders on the exclusion of foreign nationals from the UK.
Schools can sanction pupils or exclude them - find out what schools are allowed to do, like search pupils for knives or drugs
Immigration staff guidance on excluding protection under Article 1F of the Refugee Convention.
How local authorities should submit information about reviews of cases where schools have suspended or expelled pupils.
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