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Review: Student Suspensions

Committee/Panel: Children, Education and Home Affairs Panel
Launch Date: 6 August 2009 Close Date: To be advised
Submissions Deadline: To be advised Review Status: Report published
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Ministerial Response(s):

About

Review of the Student Suspension system

Terms of reference

  1. To consider the Education Department’s suspension policy for schools, with particular regard to the following:
      • How this policy is applied, including whether it is applied consistently and proportionately;
      • How this policy is monitored;
      • The guidance provided to schools on the application of this policy;
      • How students’ education is supported during periods of suspension;
      • Any human rights implications;
      • How this policy and its application may have impacted upon teachers and other students in the class room.
  2. To consider whether there has been any variation in suspension rates over recent years.
  3. To consider whether suspension rates vary across schools.
  4. To examine any further issues relating to the topic that may arise in the course of the Scrutiny Review and which the Panel considers relevant.