Part III E+W Grant-maintained schools

Chapter X E+W General and Miscellaneous

Exclusion of pupils E+W

307 Restrictions on power to exclude pupils. E+W

(1) The head teacher of any grant-maintained school may not—

(a) so exercise the power to exclude a pupil from the school for one or more fixed periods that the pupil is so excluded for more than [F1 45 school days in any one school year], or

(b) exclude a pupil from the school for an indefinite period;

but this subsection is without prejudice to the power to exclude a pupil from the school permanently.

[F2 (2) Subsection (1) has effect despite anything in the articles of government for the school.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 307(1)(a) substituted (1.9.1998) by 1997 c. 44, s. 6(2) (with s. 57(3)); S.I. 1998/386, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt.IV

F2 S. 307(2) substituted (1.9.1998) by 1997 c. 44, s. 57(1), Sch. 7 para.22; S.I. 1998/386, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt.IV