Part 7

Discipline, behaviour and exclusion
Chapter 1

School Discipline

Enforcement of discipline (including compliance with instructions)

Meaning of “disciplinary penalty”
90
1
In this Chapter, “disciplinary penalty” means a penalty imposed on a pupil, by any school at which education is provided for him, where his conduct falls below the standard which could reasonably be expected of him (whether because he fails to follow a rule in force at any such school or an instruction given to him by a member of its staff or for any other reason).
2
In subsection (1), the reference to conduct, in relation to a pupil, includes—
a
conduct which occurs at a time when the pupil is not on the premises of a school and is not under the lawful control or charge of a member of the staff of a school, but only to the extent that it is reasonable for the school imposing the penalty to regulate the pupil's conduct at such a time, and
b
conduct which consists of a failure by the pupil to comply with a penalty previously imposed on him.
S. 90 in force at 1.4.2007 for E. by S.I. 2007/935, art. 4(a)
S. 90 in force at 31.10.2010 for W. by S.I. 2010/2543, art. 2(c)