This book outlines a study of the causes and consequences of school exclusions. It explores the experiences of schools, teachers, parents, and governors and includes a focus on the experience of Black and minority ethnic students and those with special educational needs and disabilities.
The book presents the results of detailed empirical research from English schools that studied teachers, school leaders, parents, governors, educational psychologists, and school staff experience with school exclusions. The book examines the scale of the problem and underlying factors, the disproportionality of exclusions for SEND and minority ethnic students, comparative international literature on exclusions and implications for policy, practice, and research.
Providing a comprehensive overview of the factors affecting school exclusions, the book will be of great interest to researchers, academics, and students in the areas of education policy, inclusion and special education needs in education. It will also be of interest to policy makers and education professionals including special educational needs co-ordinators and headteachers.
Author(s): Feyise Demie
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 171
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Glossary - A guide to acronyms
Note on terminology
Part I: Introduction: School exclusions contexts and policy concerns
Chapter 1: Introduction: The scale of exclusions problems and policy concerns
Why the interest in school exclusions?
The aims of the book and a note on research
The structure of the book
Note
References
Chapter 2: Factors associated with rise in school exclusions
Introduction
Reasons for school exclusions
Factors associated with rising school exclusions
Education market and fragmentation of the education system in England
Informal off-rolling
Rising numbers of children in poverty and with complex needs
Austerity and funding cuts
Other reasons
Conclusions
References
Part II: The experience of teachers, school staff and parents with school exclusions
Chapter 3: Teachers’, school staffs’, and governors’ experience with school exclusions
Teachers and school leaders’ experience with school exclusions
Off-rolling
The transition from primary to secondary school experience
Home environment
Lack of specialist initial teacher training
Identity
Family structures
Experience with supporting excluded children beyond the school gate
Special educational needs coordinators’ experience with school exclusions
School governors’ experience with exclusions
Conclusions
References
Chapter 4: The views and experience of parents with school exclusions
Introduction
Key findings
Conclusions
References
Part III: Ethnic and special educational needs disproportionality in school exclusions
Chapter 5: Ethnic disproportionality in school exclusions
Introduction
The scale of the problem
Reasons for ethnic disproportionality in school exclusions
Institutional racism
Teachers’ low expectations
Single-parent factor
Poverty factor
Training and induction issues
Lack of diversity of school workforce
Some approaches to tackle ethnic disproportionality
Conclusions
References
Chapter 6: Special educational needs disproportionality in school exclusions
Introduction
Factors associated with SEN disproportionality in school exclusions
Behaviour difficulties
Lack of appropriate training for teachers about SEN and behaviour management
Austerity and funding cuts
Conclusions
References
Chapter 7: International experience of school exclusions: Ethnic and special educational needs disproportionality
Introduction
Experience in ethnic disproportionality
Experience in SEN disproportionality
Conclusions
References
Part IV: What are the lessons for those concerned with school exclusions?
Chapter 8: Tackling exclusions, conclusions, and implications
Lessons for tackling school exclusions
Conclusions
Implications for policy, practice and research
Implications for central government and local authorities in England
Implications for schools and school leaders
Implications for tackling ethnic disproportionality in school exclusions
Implications for tackling SEN disproportionality
Implications for school exclusions data collection at the national and international levels
Implications for future research agenda
References
Index
