Differences in Rates of School Exclusions in the Four Jurisdictions of the UK
There are great differences in the rates of permanent school exclusion in different parts of the UK with numbers rising rapidly in England but remaining relatively low or falling in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. For example, in the last available figures there were 7,900 permanent exclusions in England in 2017/18 compared to just three in Scotland in 2018/19. However, these figures do not account for many informal and illegal forms of exclusion. This seminar will report on the ongoing work of the multi-disciplinary (criminology, disability studies, economics, education, human geography, law, psychiatry, sociology) and multi-site (Oxford, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Belfast, LSE) Excluded Lives group established in 2014. This work has led to the ESRC funded project The Political Economies of School Exclusion and their Consequences (PolESE). In this research, home international comparisons of historical and current policy, practice and legal frameworks relating to school exclusion will be conducted for the first time. Previous research and official statistics show that school exclusions are far more likely to affect pupils with special needs, from low income families, and particular ethnic backgrounds. Exclusions have long and short-term consequences in terms of academic achievement, well-being, mental health, and future economic and employment prospects. PolESE is designed to highlight ways in which fairer and more productive outcomes can be achieved for pupils, their families, and professionals by comparing the ways in which policy and practice around exclusions differ in the four jurisdictions.
Date: 20 January 2020, 17:00 (Monday, 1st week, Hilary 2020)
Venue: Seminar Room A
Speakers: Professor Harry Daniels (University of Oxford), Ian Thompson (Education Department, University of Oxford), Alice Tawell (University of Oxford)
Organising department: Department of Education
Organiser contact email address: communications@education.ox.ac.uk
Part of: Department of Education Public Seminars
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Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editor: Sarah Taylor